Turkish Cypriots detain Syrian migrants
Turkish Cypriots in the north have detained 33 Syrian men who arrived in Cyprus by boat the previous day. The men, aged between 20 and...
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New group of 13 migrants picked up in Peristerona area
The arrival of 13 migrants in the Peristerona area was announced by the civil defence department on Monday. The department said the 13 migrants who...
Turkish national, 19, remanded on suspicion of people smuggling
A 19-year-old Turkish man was remanded in custody for eight days on Monday on suspicion of being part of a people smuggling ring that brought...
Erdogan says Turkey cannot handle new migrant wave from Syria, warns Europe
Turkey cannot handle a fresh wave of migrants from Syria, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, warning that European countries will feel the impact of such...
Syria: the most complex conflict of our time
Recent events on the ground, particularly over the past few months, are themselves resolving the situation By Elias Hazou Speakers at a symposium organised by...
Car bomb kills at least 10 people near Syria’s border with Turkey
At least 10 people were killed and 25 wounded when a car bomb exploded on Saturday in a Syrian border town seized by Turkish-backed forces last month, witnesses and a...
Latest group of migrants all from Syria
The 120 migrants that arrived in Cyprus late on Wednesday afternoon on a boat that was first spotted in the Cape Greco are from Syria,...
Prophecies about Cyprus dusted off after Turkey’s Syria invasion (Update)
In Cyprus, prophecies by holy men like Paisios always come back to Turkey By Evie Andreou Whether dismissed as absurd wishful thinking or accepted as...
Explosion in Syrian town on Turkish border kills 10
At least 10 people were killed and more than 30 injured in the Syrian town of Tel Abyad on Turkey’s border after an explosion in a...
Turkey says will send Islamic State prisoners to home countries
Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Saturday Turkey would send captured Islamic State members back to their home countries, and he complained about European inaction...
‘Syria solution benefits all countries in the region’
THE recent initiatives by the United States and Russia to halt the Turkish invasion of Syria presented a crisis with international dimensions, as a plethora...
Court orders Belgium to take back woman and children from Syria
A Brussels court has ordered Belgium to repatriate from Syria within 75 days a woman whose husband fought for Islamic State and her children. The...
Russia tells Turkey Kurdish fighters have left NE Syrian border area – Erdogan
Russia has informed Turkey that Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters have withdrawn from a strip of land near the Syrian-Turkish border within a deadline set by...
Akinci hits back at new criticism from Cavusoglu
Turkish Cypriots do not wish to become a minority of the Greek Cypriot community nor do they want an unhealthy and unbalanced relationship with Turkey,...
Turkey, US agree ceasefire in northeast Syria
Turkey has agreed to a five-day ceasefire in northeast Syria to allow for withdrawal of Kurdish forces, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday after...
Turkey detains four Kurdish mayors in dawn raids
Turkish police detained four mayors from a pro-Kurdish party in dawn raids, widening a crackdown since Ankara launched an incursion into northern Syria a week ago, state...
Tatar says Akinci should not participate in Cyprus talks, has ‘lost the confidence of the people’
Turkish leader Mustafa Akinci has lost the confidence of the people and given elections in 2020 he should not participate in Cyprus negotiations unless he...
London doctor awarded for helping Syria’s ‘burnt-out heroes’ in hell
When a children’s hospital in Aleppo was decimated in 2016 after multiple bombings, British-Syrian doctor Rola Hallam decided to turn her grief into action. Within...
Russia-backed Syrian army sweeps in after U.S. announces abrupt exit
Russia-backed Syrian forces took rapid advantage of an abrupt U.S. retreat from Syria on Monday, deploying deep inside Kurdish-held territory south of the Turkish frontier...
Tatar to discuss Akinci resignation Monday, Erdogan says he exceeded his limits (Update 2)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday slammed Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci for comments he made on Ankara’s military offensive in Syria. Akinci had posted...
