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The harassment of a Greek Cypriot farmer within the buffer zone by troops from the north will be reported to the EU, the government spokesman...
Anastasiades concerned that military contacts with Turks downplay occupation (Updated)
The Greek Cypriot side said it was willing to discuss setting up a mechanism for direct contacts at military level between the National Guard and...
Cavusoglu: zero guarantees and troops is a pipe dream
Anyone who dreams of zero Turkish guarantees and troops in Cyprus need to wake up because it will never happen, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu...
Syria demands pullout of Turkish troops , a “flagrant aggression”
Syria demanded on Saturday that Turkish troops who had entered northwestern Syria leave immediately, saying their presence constituted a “flagrant aggression”. A Foreign Ministry statement...
Parties pounce on president’s view of why talks failed
President Nicos Anastasiades’ interview in a Sunday newspaper in which he said the two sides were close to reaching a settlement deal in Switzerland but...
European parliamentarians call for freeze on Turkey EU accession
Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs called on Tuesday for a freeze in Turkish EU accession talks if changes to the country’s...
Turkish troops could be a fraction of the 40,000 claimed
Turkish troops in Cyprus could number as few as 15,000, as opposed to the 40,000 figure commonly cited by Cypriot officials, unofficial estimates based on...
Turkey says its troops to stay in Iraq until Islamic State cleared from Mosul (Updated)
By Tulay Karadeniz and Ercan Gurses A planned US-backed operation to drive Islamic State from the Iraqi city of Mosul could cause “blood...
Baghdad warns of ‘regional war’ over Turkish military presence
Iraq’s prime minister warned Turkey on Wednesday it risked triggering a regional war by keeping troops in his territory, as the neighbouring states summoned each...
Coup attempt a ‘stressful’ time for Greek Cypriots
Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said on Monday that the attempted coup in Turkey had been extremely worrying for Greek Cypriots with 43,000 Turkish soldiers stationed...