During a visit to Cyprus on July 11th, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah comments on the war in Yemen, saying the UAE is committed to military action and to going after Al Qaeda there. The civil war started in March 2015, and so far over 6000 people, half of them civilians, have been killed. The […]
Continue Reading ...MOGADISHU, Somalia —al- Shabab militants claimed responsibility on Monday for an attack on a Somali military base about 50km outside the capital, Mogadishu, that killed at least five soldiers, officials and witnesses said. The attackers exploded a car packed with explosives before storming the Lanta Buro base in Lower Shabelle region, some 50km outside Mogadishu, […]
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Update: Death toll rises to at least 41, say Turkish authorities. The Islamic extremist Syrian organisation Daesh (ISIS) has been blamed for the attack on Ataturk Airport in Istanbul on the night of June 28th, in which 36 people died, said Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim via the state broadcaster. Before blowing themselves up, three suicide […]
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Following the Syrian refugee crisis, the EU has entered a new era for its security after agreeing to launch a border and coastguard force building on migration processing system Frontex. The European Parliament, Council and Commission have reached an agreement paving the way for the reinforced agency to be up and running starting this summer. Member […]
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The number of dead and injured in the rush-hour traffic car bomb explosion targeting a police bus in Istanbul this morning has not been confirmed, but it appears the death toll is rising, according to reports from Turkey. CNN cites a Turkish official saying there were 11 people killed in the explosion on June 7th, but […]
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Cyprus has denounced the loss of 30 lives in Nagorno-Karabakh after one of the world’s frozen conflicts sparked to life on April 2nd when Azerbaijani military forces violated the armistice line, said the foreign ministry. “We urge Azerbaijan to respect the status quo ante. There is no alternative to the peaceful settlement of the conflict […]
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Cyprus is united with Armenia against those countries that refuse to recognise the Ottoman genocide of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915, said President Nicos Anastasiades after a meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan earlier this week. Cyprus was the first EU country to criminalise the refusal to recognise the genocide. During the president’s visit, an […]
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The growing civil war between a beefed up Kurdish PKK movement and Turkish military forces has escalated in the aftermath of a suicide car bombing in which 37 people were killed in a bus in Ankara on March 13th. The Turkish army renewed a bombing campaign against Kurds in Qandil in northern Iraq and arrested […]
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A dramatic rise in the number of stranded refugees in Greece and the Balkans has triggered increased NATO navy patrols in the Aegean. The European Council held on March 7th has called for the Aegean and Balkans refugee routes to be closed off to refugees fleeing Syria via Turkey. So what are the pros and […]
Continue Reading ...Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides condemns the string of terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia that killed four people and injured many bystanders on July 4th. The foreign ministry also strongly condemned the terrorist attacks on July 3rd in Iraq during which hundreds were killed. The dates marked the end of Ramadan - the holiest month for Muslims. Medina, […]
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The rapprochement between Turkey and Israel does not impact Cyprus-Israel relations, based on reassurances from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to President Nicos Anastasiades, says government spokesman Victor Papadopoulos. However, the idea of a natural gas pipeline between Israel and Turkey is not on the table because it would run through territory controlled by the […]
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Around 4000 EU nationals have joined terrorist organisations in Syria and Iraq, said the European Commission. “The majority of the terrorist suspects implicated in the recent terrorist atrocities in the EU were European citizens, born and raised in our societies,” said bloc’s executive body. In the wake of the ISIS attacks on Paris, and Brussels […]
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The EU doesn’t have the means and resources to be involved in conflicts around the globe, but it can become a global actor by intervening in countries in the wider periphery like Yemen and Libya, said Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides during a workshop on ‘Fostering Resilience for the EU and Southern Neighborhood’ held at the […]
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Twenty-eight migrants who were rescued on the night of March 31st have been taken to Kofinou refugee camp for further processing, said the Civil Defence. Fourteen volunteers helped to provide first aid and transportation for the refugees, who were discovered adrift in a fishing boat off Polis coast. Their nationalities have not yet been confirmed, […]
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While the headline news today was that Russian President Vladimir Putin has pulled his troops out of Syria, another piece of news slipped under the radar - Russia has just sent arms and munitions to Iraqi Kurdistan to fight terrorism, said the Russian embassy in Iraq via its Twitter feed. The president of the Iraqi […]
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Reading between the lines of President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz’s balanced but pointed comments following his meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, it is clear that there are tensions over the issues of the Syrian refugees, Turkey’s bombardment of Kurds in the southeast, and media freedom after the government took over Zaman […]
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Actions speak louder than words, and on March 4th, Turkey’s government showed through its continued persecution of the press that it is not ready to join the European Union. Today’s Zaman daily newspaper is the third media group to be put under a trustee system by the public prosecutor’s actions. During the takeover, the police […]
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