The 30-year-old pharmaceutical firm employee from Aleppo, Syria, has been sleeping rough in Kos ... in Turkey's southwest, where he paid a smuggler 2,000 euros to embark on a fast boat to Greece.

At its closest point, the Greek island of Kos is only 4km (2.5 miles) from Turkey. Every evening ... more are packed into tiny inflatable plastic boats meant for a maximum of four, powered ...

There has been a dramatic spike in the numbers of migrants and refugees setting out from Turkey in rickety ... a Turkish beach after the boat carrying his family to Kos sank, caused an outpouring ...

By a stroke of good fortune, a Greek fishing boat passes by on the choppy sea and is able to tow the boat in to Lesbos. Crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece is a perilous journey for ...

The incident took place a few kilometres from Kos. The incident comes a week after seven people, including two children, died when a boat capsized between Turkey and the Greek islands.

Migrants escaping Syria, Afghanistan, Africa and elsewhere are taking advantage of the calm summer conditions to make daily attempts to cross the Aegean between the Bodrum peninsula and Kos, a ...

The boat, known as the Aegean Cat, runs regular trips from Didim in Turkey on Wednesdays. Kos lies near the Turkish coast, and is a popular destination for day-trippers from Turkey. (PA ...

The Turkish foreign ministry said a ferry had been sent to evacuate 200 Turkish nationals from Kos back to Bodrum. Data from Turkey's disaster and emergency management authority, AFAD, showed that ...

Instead, she has moved to nearby Turkey. She said that from her new home, she can drive to the port of Bodrum where she can catch a 30-minute ferry to the Greek island of Kos, where her nightmare ...

At least two people were killed in the tourist destination of Kos A strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea has killed at least two people on the Greek island of Kos, officials say. The 6.7-magnitude ...