Approximately 70 immigrants from Somalia, Sudan, Congo, Syria, Iran, and Afghanistan were transferred to state facilities. Cypriot authorities have relocated dozens of immigrants from the island’s buffer zone to government-run refugee reception centers, ending their four-month standoff in makeshift tents under UN supervision. RELATED: Mexico: Two Migrants Caravans Left U.S. Southern Border On Saturday, Nikolas […]

Assisted departures from Lebanon began on Sept. 27 and increased last week as Israel intensified its strikes. On Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Theodoros Gotsis confirmed that the number of foreign nationals evacuated from Lebanon through Cyprus reached 1,550. RELATED: Hezbollah Launches Action Against Israeli Troops on Lebanese Border Most evacuees have already returned to their […]

Cyprus can provide accommodation to 7,000 evacuees for a short period of time, FM Kombos stated. On Thursday, Cypriot Foreign Affairs Minister Constantinos Kombos confirmed that a Greek C-130 military transport plane landed at Larnaca airport carrying 60 people in the first emergency air evacuation from Lebanon. Aboard the plane were 38 Cypriots and 22 […]

France and Belgium are also poised to evacuate their citizens from Lebanon due to the crisis between Israel and Hezbollah. On Monday, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said that Cyprus is preparing to serve as a critical evacuation hub for foreign nationals amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. RELATED: International Firefighting Team Dispatched to Assist […]

The firefighters were faced with large flare-ups due to strong winds and extremely high temperatures. On Wednesday, Andreas Kettis, the spokesperson of the Cypriot Fire Service, said that an international team has joined Cypriot firefighters to battle a stubborn fire that has been raging for 36 hours in the country, with Greece and Jordan both […]