#Evacuations

A 75-year-old Turkish Cypriot man died aboard a boat which was evacuating people from Lebanon to Turkey on Thursday night. The man, named as Said Ezbek, originally hailed from the ...

More than 2,000 people, citizens of 20 different countries, have now arrived in Cyprus as part of assisted departures to remove people from Lebanon as the political situation continues to deteriorate, government ...

Hundreds of Australian nationals who fled from Beirut to Cyprus breathed a sigh of relief as they reached Larnaca on Saturday, recounting the intense bombing in Lebanon that left them ...

More than 500 Australian nationals are expected to be evacuated from Lebanon on Saturday as the situation in the country deteriorates, the Australian government has announced. According to a report by ...

Cyprus was the likely launchpad for the military support offered by the United Kingdom to defend Israel from a volley of Iranian missiles launched on Tuesday evening. On Wednesday evening, ...

The government on Wednesday was bracing for heightened security measures as an all-out war in Middle East loomed, prompting diplomats to flee Beirut in boats docking in Cyprus. Meanwhile, 105 Cypriot ...

Around 100 Cypriots may be airlifted out of Lebanon within the day, it was reported on Wedensday, with a Greek C-130 expected to carry out the mission. Greek Defence Minister Nikos ...

Twelve flights in total had been diverted to Cyprus from destinations in the Middle East, carrying a total of 1,858 passengers, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos announced on Wednesday. Of these totals, ...

Cyprus is at its “maximum state of readiness” for a potential evacuation of European Union and third country nationals from Lebanon, foreign ministry spokesman Theodoros Gotsis said on Monday. Gotsis ...

Dozens of US troops have been deployed to Cyprus to prepare for possible evacuations of American citizens from Lebanon, it was reported on Thursday. The troops add to a growing ...

The 700 troops, border force and foreign office officials the UK sent to Cyprus on Wednesday will help contingency planning for a range of scenarios as the crisis in Lebanon escalates, ...

The government on Wednesday said it was at its highest level of preparedness for evacuations from the region, as Britain announced 700 troops were being deployed to Cyprus to help UK ...

Up to 100,000 people could be evacuated from Lebanon through Cyprus, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Tuesday, with the government preparing for “all possible scenarios”. “It will not be an ...

Cyprus is yet to receive any requests from other countries to activate its ‘Estia’ plan to evacuate their citizens from Lebanon, as the country continues to teeter on the edge ...

The fire services dealt with a total of 47 incidents in Famagusta overnight following heavy rains in the district, spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Tuesday. Speaking to state broadcaster CyBC, Kettis ...

The government on Tuesday activated the national ‘Estia’ action plan for the reception of people fleeing the ongoing conflict in Israel. The plan entails Cyprus acting as a hub for ...