#Syria

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 ...

Two port police boats have been sent from Cyprus to patrol off the coast of Lebanon for migrant boats after the arrival of two boats a day ago. The two ...

The suspension of examining asylum applications from Syrian nationals is the activation of Cyprus’ Plan B in the face of increasing migrant arrivals and is legal, competent sources told the ...

Cyprus has suspended its processing of asylum claims for applicants of Syrian origin, President Nikos Christodoulides announced on Saturday. In a post on X, the social media platform better known ...

Cyprus’ initiative to re-evaluate the status of specific areas in Syria was discussed at length on Wednesday during a meeting between Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou and his Danish counterpart Kaare ...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ impromptu visit to Lebanon on Monday appears to have been dictated more by the need to be seen to be doing something about the increased flow of ...

The state understands Lebanon’s position and will seek to further the issue of stemming migration flows with allies in the EU, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday. Speaking ...

Cyprus is looking for “immediate solutions” to deal with the migration crisis, House president Annita Demetriou said on Thursday, in a meeting with Lebanese ambassador Claude El Hajal. The meeting ...