#Syria

Cyprus’ foreign ministry on Monday night called for the “utmost restraint” as the war in Syria reignites. The ministry said it is “closely following developments in Syria” and that it ...

Russian and Syrian jets struck the rebel-held city of Idlib on Sunday in the second day of intensive bombing in northern Syria aimed at pushing back insurgents who had swept ...

The Syrian army said on Saturday dozens of its soldiers had been killed in a major attack by rebels who swept into the city of Aleppo in the northwest, forcing ...

Russian and Syrian warplanes bombed rebel-held northwest Syria near the border with Turkey on Thursday to push back an insurgent offensive that captured territory for the first time in years, ...

Initial reports indicate that an Israeli “aggression” targeted two villages in northern and western areas of Syria’s Homs province, the Syrian state news agency said on Tuesday. Earlier, Syrian ...

Syrian state media reported damage to several bridges in the Qusayr countryside of Homs province, attributing it to an Israeli attack on Monday. Earlier, blasts were heard in and around ...

A Syrian national appeared in court in the north on Saturday after having illegally crossed the Green Line from the Republic on Friday evening. The man, who according to the ...

Seven of the eight Syrians arrested earlier this month on suspicion of financing a terrorist group, only to be then released, have been redetained under a different process, the Cyprus ...

Israel launched strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus and a military site near the western city of Homs on Thursday, the Syrian defence ministry said, as U.S. Secretary of ...

A group of Syrian asylum seekers has addressed an open letter to key government officials, including President Nikos Christodoulides, House president Annita Demetriou, and Deputy Minister of Migration Nikolas Ioannides, ...

An Israeli strike targeting Syria’s Mediterranean port city of Latakia early on Thursday resulted in fires breaking out there, Syrian state news agency SANA reported. Firefighters were working on ...

Making agreements with Lebanon to stem the tide of would-be refugees is misguided, Associate International Law and Human Rights’ professor Aristotelis Constantinides said on Wednesday. The UCy expert made the ...

An Israeli strike targeted a residential building in the Mezzah suburb west of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria’s state news agency reported on Tuesday. Preliminary reports indicated that the ...

The Republic of Cyprus was on Tuesday ordered to pay around €50,000 in damages to two asylum seekers for degrading treatment and pushback as they sought refuge in Cyprus from Lebanon, ...

A Syrian national appeared in court in the north on Thursday after having been arrested for crossing illegally from the Republic and then reportedly asking the Turkish Cypriot police for ...

Cyprus is among eight countries that have asked the EU to rethink its strategy on migrants from Syria, in a letter seen by the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Monday. ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Constantinos Kombos is in Brussels to attend a two-day EU foreign affairs council, chaired by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep ...

By John Irish The European Union will convene donors next week to keep Syria on the global agenda, but as the economic and social burden of refugees on neighbouring countries ...

The European Union will convene donors next week to keep Syria on the global agenda, but as the economic and social burden of refugees on neighbouring countries mounts the bloc ...

The number of irregular migrant arrivals has significantly decreased following the suspension of asylum applications for Syrian nationals, according to a Philenews report. Despite Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s call ...

By Andria Kades and Iole Damaskinos President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday branded as “unacceptable” statements by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who has called on Lebanon’s authorities to open the ...

A deputy minister for migration will be appointed “immediately” President Nikos Christodoulides announced on Monday. And while not going into specifics, Christodoulides told reporters that during the latest EU Council ...

Five migrant boats attempting to reach Cyprus from Lebanon were pushed back to unknown destinations, it emerged on Wednesday. The pushbacks drew controversy, as the treatment of the migrants on ...

The government made the right move in suspending the examination of asylum applications of Syrian migrants for 21 months. Since the beginning of April more than 1,000 Syrian migrants have arrived by ...