I’m sitting at a pub my first night in Cyprus with a group of strangers. Peering around at potential friends I begin to talk to this hilarious guy. Syria, he tells me, that’s where I am from.
Located in the eastern Mediterranean, the island of Cyprus feels very familiar to Israelis, due to its warm climate, arid stretches of mountainous land filled with olive trees and beautiful beaches.
A Cyprus court sentenced a member of Lebanon\’s Shi\’ite Muslim Hezbollah movement to four years in jail on Thursday on charges of plotting to attack Israeli interests on the island.
The conviction in Cyprus of a Hezbollah operative plotting to attack Israelis could undercut efforts by the terrorist group to carry out additional attacks outside the Middle East.
The Hezbollah operative on trial for plotting against Israeli tourists in Cyprus acknowledged passing on Israeli aircraft landing times to his terrorist handlers.
Cypriot authorities discovered a small amount of explosives that may have been intended for use against Israeli targets.
A Swedish citizen of Lebanese origin suspected of planning to attack Israeli targets in Cyprus was ordered held over by a court there.
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said in Greece that Israel will defend Greek oil drilling in Cyprus
Turkey said on Thursday it would escort aid ships to Gaza and would not allow a repetition of last year\’s Israeli raid that killed nine Turks, setting the stage for a potential naval confrontation with its former ally.
Israel offered aid to Cyprus in the wake of an explosion at a naval base that killed at least 12 people.
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