After Israel launched its full-scale offensive in Lebanon in September, many fled to the Mediterranean island.

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The eastern Mediterranean nation and European Union member — which is about 25 minutes by air from Lebanon — stands ... to ...

Hundreds of Syrians who sought refuge in Cyprus after the onset of civil war over a decade ago have withdrawn asylum ...

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A Cypriot court sentenced a Syrian man who captained a migrant boat from Lebanon to three years in prison over causing the ...

the captain had told the passengers at some point in the journey to throw any remaining bottles of water overboard in a bid to remove any indications that the boat had departed from Lebanon.

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP ... to stem the arrival of thousands of migrants either by boat from neighboring Lebanon or Syria or from Turkey via the island’s breakaway Turkish Cypriot north.

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP ... overboard in a bid to remove any indications that the boat had departed from Lebanon. The boat set sail on Jan. 18, 2024, but an engine failure left the vessel adrift ...