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December 4th, Syria agreed to cooperate with Cyprus in a bilateral deal for offshore oil-and-gas exploration, bypassing the objections of Turkey. Both sides expressed their willingness to sign agreements as soon as next week to define the undersea exploration. Turkey disagreed because it believes that it has claims to that area, and that Cyprus is [...]
With a recent blockade of the Gaza Strip put in place by the Israeli government, there is no way for humanitarian aid to reach the area. A ship from Qatar carrying 3,000 tons of humanitarin aid has already tried to go through the blockade, but authorities sent the ship right back to where it came [...]
A Turkish naval vessel instructed Norwegian survey ships off of the coast of Cyprus to “leave the area.” Greek Cyprus is searching for natural resources for its people. The Greek part of the island, which is recognized internationally, states that it has the freedom to seek oil and gas resources. Turkey argues that it should [...]
According to the United Nations Special Representative to Cyprus, considerable progress has been made toward a full-scale attempt to re-unify the island, which has been split into the Turkish Cypriot North and Greek Cypriot South since 1974. The leader of each part of the island, along with UN Representative Alexander Downer, met on September 3rd [...]
