A Cypriot official says more than 1,000 Syrian nationals have withdrawn their applications for asylum or international protection because they intend to return to their homeland

As Syria begins recovering from 50 years of autocratic rule by the Assad family, an international envoy says Christians and other religious groups expect their rights and freedoms to be preserved under a new constitutional settlement.

President Joe Biden has issued a directive that for the first time allows Cyprusto buy arms from the U.S. government and get surplus American military equipment in a move welcomed as promoting stability in the eastern Mediterranean.

Cyprus has adopted tougher policies in the last few years to stem the arrival of thousands of migrants either by boat from neighboring Lebanon, Syria or Turkey via the island’s breakaway Turkish Cypriot north.

The European Union must “actively and systematically support” Lebanon’s new President Joseph Aoun, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. Christodoulides was the first foreign leader to meet Aoun following his election as president on Thursday,

Gaza's Health Ministry says more than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, with no end in sight to the 15-month conflict.

Israel’s army confirmed Friday that one of the bodies recovered from Gaza earlier this week was that of 23-year-old hostage Hamzah AlZayadni.

Leaders of rival communities in Cyprus will meet on Jan. 20 to discuss opening new crossing points on the ethnically-split island, diplomats and officials said on Friday.

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Israel and the United Arab ... there is a “convergence of views” between Israel, the UAE, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and other neighboring countries about how the situation ...

Jan. 13 (UPI) --Israeli war planes struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces said early Monday, as it accused the truce monitoring mechanism of ignoring the threat the targets ...