Cyprus holds 'Syria arms cargo'
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Cyprus considers what to do with an impounded Syria-bound ship said to be carrying air defence equipment.
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Aircraft 'dropped ammunition' on country's north before retreating under Syrian fire, report says.
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Russia said on Wednesday it wanted to supply Syria with advanced missile systems, a move certain to anger the United States which accuses Syria of having links to terrorism.
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A Syrian arms dealer, Monzer Al Kassar, wanted in the United States on suspicion of aiding a terrorist organisation, has been arrested at Madrid airport, the Spanish interior ministry announced Friday.
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Sir, If the Turkish attitude towards Cyprus is to be so key to its European Union entry talks, should not some thought now be given to the fact that the Cypriot Republic is a totally artificial construct?
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Turkey plans to open a port and an  airport to traffic from Cyprus, among the demands set by the  European Union for Turkey to make progress in talks on  membership of the bloc, EU President Finland said on Thursday.
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Turkey has offered to open a port and an airport to traffic from Cyprus in a last-minute bid to avert a partial suspension of its European Union membership talks, EU President Finland said on Thursday.
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Cyprus threatens to block Turkey's EU membership talks unless Ankara lifts trade restrictions on Nicosia.
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Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos said Monday Turkey is obliged to expand its customs union protocol before starting entry talks with the European Union (EU) which amounts to recognition of Cyprus.
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The Defense Ministry said Wednesday that Moscow was negotiating the sale of anti-aircraft missiles to Syria but insisted they couldn't be used as shoulder-fired weapons, an apparent bid to assuage U.S. and Israeli concerns they might fall into the hands of terrorists.
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Syrian arms dealer Monzer Al Kassar -- wanted in the United States on suspicion of aiding a terrorist organisation -- has been arrested at Madrid airport, the Spanish interior ministry announced Friday.
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DAMASCUS, Syria, Sept. 1 -- U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said Friday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had promised to enforce an arms embargo on Hezbollah under a U.N. resolution that halted Israel's war with the Lebanese Shiite militia.
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BRUSSELS: Turkey will have to recognize the Republic of Cyprus, if only tacitly, if it wants to begin membership negotiations with the European Union, according to a draft document that was leaked here Monday.
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Israel's defense minister on Wednesday accused Syria of allowing the rearmament of Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon and said Israel has the right to act "forcefully" against the Shiite militia to counter the threat.
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&quot;Cypriot justice minister granted permission for the plane to land in Larnaca and mobilised bomb squads, bomb detectors and local civil aviation officials...&quot;. (BBC NEWS) - Israeli jet fighters have prevented
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As Lebanon's government tries to maintain its shaky grip on power, sources tell TIME that Tehran and Damascus are shipping weapons to the militant Shi'ite group
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NICOSIA: Cyprus has upped the ante in its demands for recognition from Turkey, warning its European Union partners it may otherwise veto the start of accession talks with Ankara, local newspapers reported.