The vital importance of this base contributes to regional security, NATO readiness, and stability across the entire Eastern Mediterranean,” the U.S. ambassador to Greece emphasized in a post on X ...

FILE PHOTO: USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier leaves Souda Bay on the island of Crete, Greece, February 26, 2026. REUTERS/Makis Kartsonakis/File Photo ATHENS, March 2 (Reuters) - Greek authorities ...

At least three men have been arrested over the past year for illicitly taking pictures of American warships at the Souda Naval Base on Crete. As the clouds of war began to gather over Iran in January, ...

The Souda Naval Base—located on the Greek island of Crete—is the largest US base in the eastern Mediterranean, and a vital stopping point on the way to the Middle East. When one thinks of naval divers ...

CHANIA, Greece (AP) — Protesters gathered on the Greek island of Crete late Tuesday following the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier that is part of a major buildup of American forces in the Middle ...

ATHENS, March 2 (Reuters) - Greek police have detained a 36-year-old man on suspicion of spying on a naval base on the island of Crete, a strategic facility for the United States in the eastern ...

Since January, the Greek National Intelligence Service and the Greek police have arrested several foreign nationals spying on US military movements at Souda Naval Base on the island of Crete. Souda ...