Growing Mediterranean alliances bring military drills to Crete tourists

MALEME, Greece: Vacationers taking a morning dip or seeking shade on wooden sunbeds on the Greek island of Crete got a close-up view of a major military exercise unfolding in front of them Friday. The annual Medusa exercise, led by Greece and Egypt, ended on a strip of coastline outside the port city of Chania. It featured drone attacks and fast-boat landings with marines and special forces operators using simulated fire. France, Italy and Cyprus joined exercises that began Sept. 10 and ran