Greece set to ratify new military deal with United States

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.
Lawmakers from the governing center-right party said they would vote later Thursday to ratify the Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement signed in October by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a visit to Athens.
The deal provides for increased joint US-Greece and NATO activities at Greek military bases and facilities in Larissa, Stefanovikio, and Alexandroupolis, in central and northern Greece, as well as infrastructure and other improvements at the Souda Bay US naval base on the island of Crete.
The US Air Force is already operating MQ-9 Reaper drones out of Larissa airbase.
"This is for the mutual benefit of our defense and our economies," conservative lawmaker Ioannis...