Souda

Two people were arrested on the Aegean island of Chios during an attack on the Souda refugee camp by a far-right group late Thursday, according to local media.

The two suspects will reportedly face a prosecutor on Friday.

A young Iraqi refugee was being treated in an Athens hospital on Friday with serious head injuries after being set upon on Thursday night in the island's reception center for migrants by a group of Afghan men.

The victim was airlifted to the capital late on Thursday as the local hospital on Chios was not adequately equipped to treat his injuries.

Greece is examining US proposals for military cooperation which would widen ties to an extent not seen in the last three decades, Kathimerini understands. According to sources, Washington's desire for stronger ties stems from its view that Greece has a significant geopolitical role to play as a pillar of stability in a volatile region.

A woman and a child were injured in overnight clashes between Afghan and Algerian migrants at a camp on the eastern Aegean island of Chios on Wednesday night.

No details were released regarding their ages or the exact nature of their injuries, though www.politischios.gr, a local news site, said the pair was taken to hospital.

Jonathan Cohen, U.S. State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, essentially admitted that the US was working to avoid conflict between Greece and Turkey. According to mignatiou.com website, Mr.

For the second time this month, residents and visitors at Souda Bay in northwestern Crete have the rare treat of being able to admire the awe-inspiring bulk of the USS George H.W. Bush supercarrier from close up as it is docked at the NATO port of Marathi.

A court on Chios has sentenced a 32-year-old Syrian migrant to a total of five years in prison, without parole, for physically abusing his 3-year-old son last Tuesday at the Souda refugee camp.

The attack, which occurred in the camp showers, was filmed on a phone and posted on social media.

Authorities have arrested a Syrian asylum-seeker accused of abusing a three-year old toddler at Souda camp on the eastern Aegean island of Chios.

The 31-year-old, who is believed to be the father of the boy, was nabbed after footage of him beating the three-year-old inside a shower was shared on social media. It was not clear who or why filmed the incident.

In a letter to the Minister of Migration Policy, the Mayor of Chios island called for immediate action in the relocation of at least 300 refugees and migrants living outside the Souda beach camp in advance of expected bad weather.

The Greek government's consistent failure to manage the refugee and migrant crisis has resulted in an explosive situation.

The most recent events at the Souda registration camp on the eastern Aegean island of Chios suggest that the situation may soon spin even further out of control and get much, much worse.