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A Turkish military convoy drive in the east of Idlib, Syria, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. NATO envoys were holding emergency talks Friday at the request of Turkey following the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in northeast Syria, as scores of migrants gathered at Turkey's border with Greece seeking entry into Europe.(AP Photo)

Turkey opens gates into Europe as migrants gather on border

By ANDREW WILKS and COSTAS KANTOURIS - Associated Press

A man holding a child walks with others to the border gate of Pazarkule in Edirne, near Turkey-Greece border, early Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. An air strike by Syrian government forces killed scores of Turkish soldiers in northeast Syria, a Turkish official said Friday, marking the largest death toll for Turkey in a single day since it first intervened in Syria in 2016. (AP Photo/Ergin Yildiz)

NATO urges Syria, Russia to halt airstrikes as migrants move

By LORNE COOK and COSTAS KANTOURIS - Associated Press

Turkish backed Syrian rebels enter the own of Saraqeb, in Idlib province, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters Thursday retook a strategic northwestern town iof Saraqeb, opposition activists said, and cut off the key highway linking the capital, Damascus, with the northern city of Aleppo, days after the government reopened it for the first time since 2012. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Turkey threatens Europe with refugees after 33 troops killed

By Mehmet Guzel and Andrew Wilks - Associated Press

Migrants arrive with a dinghy accompanied by a Frontex vessel at the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey, on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. An air strike by Syrian government forces killed scores of Turkish soldiers in northeast Syria, a Turkish official said Friday, marking the largest death toll for Turkey in a single day since it first intervened in Syria in 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Turkey moves ahead with its threats to send refugees to EU

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

Italy's Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, and World Health organization Director for Europe Hans Kluge arrive for a press conference at the end of their meeting in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy seeks to calm fears in Europe as cases, deaths rise

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Riot police block a road in Karava near the area where the government plans to build a new migrant detention center, on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. Riot police and residents clashed for several hours on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios Tuesday, as protesters tried to prevent authorities from bringing excavating machines from the mainland to build new migrant detention camps. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Greek islanders attack riot police in migrant camp protests

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS - Associated Press

North Macedonia police find 47 migrants in abandoned truck

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Members of the communist-backed labor union PAME gather during a rally in Athens, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. Civil servant union ADEDY and communist-backed labor union PAME hold a 24-hour strike against tabling of government's pension reform law in parliament. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Greece: Ferries, urban transport halted by strikes, protests

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FILE - In this Friday, May 4, 2018 file photo, migrants and refugees wait outside the European Asylum Support Service offices inside the camp of Moria on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece. Greece's government says on Monday, Feb. 10, 2020 it is planning to use emergency legal powers to create detention centers for migrants on five Greece islands to try and speed up deportations back to Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

Amid protests, Greece suspends migrants detention plan

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Former President Barack Obama talks during a panel with NBA players Chris Paul, Kevin Love and Giannis Antetokounmpo and sports analyst Michael Wilbon in Chicago on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Obama panel celebrates off-court work of NBA stars

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

Greek island of Karpathos hit by 4.8-magnitude quake

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The moon rises behind the ancient Acropolis hill with the 500 BC Parthenon temple in Athens, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greek 10-year bond yield makes historic dip below 1%

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FILE - In this Tuesday, April 5, 2016 file photo, a Greek police officer closes the main gate of Moria camp as behind her refugees and migrants protest against the EU- Turkey deal about migration inside the entrance of Moria camp in the Greek island of Lesbos. Greece's government says on Monday, Feb. 10, 2020 it is planning to use emergency legal powers to create detention centers for migrants on five Greece islands to try and speed up deportations back to Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

Greece: Emergency powers to build migrant detention camps

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and COSTAS KANTOURIS - Associated Press

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, speaks with the European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni during their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Gentiloni will have a series of meetings with Greek top officials in the context of the European Semester, the EU's cycle of economic and fiscal policy coordination among member states. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

EU signals willingness to ease Greek budget targets

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC - Associated Press

Female athlete to launch Olympic torch relay for 1st time

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Earthquake strikes central Greece, no damage or injuries

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Supporters of the Greek Communist Party hold a banner as they protest outside the Greek parliament in central Athens, against the Greek -US expanded defense agreement on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. The banner reads in Greek &quot;NATO Out&quot;. Greece's parliament is set to ratify an agreement with the United States for a major expansion of military cooperation as it faces an escalation of tensions with neighboring Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece ratifies major new military deal with United States

By DEREK GATOPOULOS - Associated Press

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis looks on during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday Jan. 29, 2020. (Benoit Tessier/Pool via AP)

Greek PM threatens suspension of soccer leagues

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and COSTAS KANTOURIS - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015 photo refugees and migrants aboard an overcrowded dinghy as they cross the Aegean Sea, from Turkey, that is seen in the background, to the coast of Lesbos island, Greece. Greek authorities have invited private contractors to bid on supplying a 2.7-kilometer-long (1.7 miles) floating barrier system aimed at stopping migrants from reaching the country's islands from the nearby coast of Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Rights group criticizes Greek sea barrier plan for migrants

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

The sun sets behind the lighted ancient Philopappu monument, right, and the Saronic golf, left, during a cloudy day in Athens, on Monday Dec. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece says landmark 15-year bond auction successful

By DEREK GATOPOULOS - Associated Press