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Lebanese officials work to maintain friendly relations with Cyprus following Hezbollah threats
6 months ago

Lebanese officials work to maintain friendly relations with Cyprus following Hezbollah threats

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanese government officials worked Thursday to maintain friendly relations with Cyprus a day after the militant Hezbollah group threatened to attack the Mediterranean island if it allows Israel to use its territories to attack Lebanon. Nasrallah said his group has information that the Israel’s military is conducting maneuvers in Cyprus in mountainous areas similar to those of Lebanon …

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US, Cyprus embark on strategic dialogue that officials say demonstrates closest-ever ties
6 months ago

US, Cyprus embark on strategic dialogue that officials say demonstrates closest-ever ties

Associated Press  

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus-U.S. relations have reached their highest level yet after the two countries embarked on a strategic dialogue on key issues including defense, security, energy, crisis management and the fight against terrorism, officials said Monday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hailed the development as a “powerful evidence of the strengthening, deepening broadening of the relationship between our …

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Cyprus says a joint operation with Mossad has foiled a suspected Iranian plot to kill Israelis
1 year ago

Cyprus says a joint operation with Mossad has foiled a suspected Iranian plot to kill Israelis

Associated Press  

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus has disrupted an alleged Iranian plot to target Israeli businessmen with the arrest of two Iranian asylum-seekers who were in contact with another Iranian associated with the Revolutionary Guard, a Cypriot official said Tuesday. Cypriot authorities said the suspects’ Iranian handler moved in and out of Cyprus through the ethnically divided island nation’s breakaway Turkish Cypriot …

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Greek prime minister seeks improved relations with Turkey but says Ankara must drop aggression
1 year, 4 months ago

Greek prime minister seeks improved relations with Turkey but says Ankara must drop aggression

Associated Press  

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Greece’s prime minister said Monday that his government wants to take full advantage of an improving political climate with neighboring Turkey in order to improve bilateral relations despite a string of decades-old disputes. But Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that didn’t mean Turkey had “substantially changed” its stance on key differences between the two countries and …

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EU, Mideast nations look to train at Cyprus security center
3 years, 6 months ago

EU, Mideast nations look to train at Cyprus security center

Associated Press  

LARNACA, Cyprus — Three European Union member nations and three Middle Eastern countries are looking to train personnel in border, customs, maritime and cybersecurity techniques at a cutting-edge U.S.-funded facility in Cyprus that is expected to be ready early next year, the Cypriot foreign minister said Thursday. The Cyprus Center for Land, Open-Seas, and Port Security is scheduled to start …

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