par This Is Beirut, 28/01 12:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In light of the agreement on maritime border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel with US mediation, Cyprus resorted to negotiations with Israel to adjust its maritime borders. It hopes to make progress on this issue with Lebanon as well. The head of the Cypriot intelligence services, Tasos Tzionis, who visited Beirut last week, urged Lebanese ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/03 14:56 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Cyprus European Union Gaza Humanitarian Aid
The US announced on Friday, March 8, that it would set up a humanitarian corridor from Cyprus to bring aid to the starving Gaza Strip, which is under constant Israeli bombardment. The EU also joined the effort. The United States plans to gather pace on Friday to get aid by sea into Gaza, where the UN has repeatedly warned of famine and Israel has ...
par This Is Beirut, 09/03 13:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A boat carrying desperately needed aid for war-ravaged Gaza, where the UN has repeatedly warned of famine, was prepared to sail from Cyprus as deadly fighting raged on Saturday between Israeli troops and Hamas militants ahead of Ramadan. The sea route aims to counter access restrictions, which humanitarians and Western governments have blamed on ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/03 10:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A ship carrying humanitarian aid left the Cypriot port of Larnaca for Gaza, one of the two NGOs in charge of the operation told AFP, as international donors set up a maritime corridor to supply the besieged territory, facing widespread famine after five months of war. The ship belonging to the Spanish NGO Open Arms, carrying 200 tons of food to ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/03 22:34 - Reading : less than a minute
Cypriot police announced on Tuesday that the Cyprus Coast Guard had intercepted six boats carrying 458 migrants who departed from Lebanon. A spokesperson for the Cypriot police said that the migrants included minors without parents, were almost all from Syria and Lebanon and were all rescued within the past 24 hours. Additionally, all 458 ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/03 23:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Cyprus Gaza Hamas Humanitarian Aid Israel
A first ship carrying humanitarian aid was en route to Gaza from Cyprus on Tuesday, March 12, while Morocco sent relief supplies by land via Israel. A Spanish charity boat taking food to Gaza left Cyprus on Tuesday in hopes of opening a maritime corridor to carry sorely needed aid to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. Philippe Lazzarini, ...
par This Is Beirut, 13/03 21:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A second Gaza-bound aid ship would embark from the Cypriot port of Larnaca once a boat already sailing along the new maritime corridor completes its mission, Cyprus's foreign minister said Wednesday. The Israel-Hamas war, now in its sixth month, has created a severe humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, where the United Nations has repeatedly ...
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par Adriana Lebbos, 16/03 19:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Cyprus Gaza Hamas Humanitarian Aid Israel
Cyprus announced that a second ship carrying aid for Gaza may set sail as soon as Saturday, following the return of the initial vessel from the conflict-stricken area, having completed its delivery. A second ship loaded with aid for Gaza could depart as early as Saturday, Cyprus said, as the first vessel returned from the war-ravaged territory ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/03 20:18 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The European Union and Egypt finalized a financial package on Sunday, worth 7.4 billion euros, intended to aid the debt-ridden North African nation, enhance energy trade with Europe and curb irregular migration. The European Union and Egypt on Sunday signed a 7.4-billion-euro financial package to support the indebted North African country, boost ...
par This Is Beirut, 19/03 18:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Cyprus Gaza Hamas Humanitarian Aid Israel
Cypriot authorities announced on Tuesday that another shipment of food aid is scheduled to leave Cyprus for Gaza in the upcoming days, while the initial delivery is currently being distributed in the conflict-affected region. A second shipment of food aid is due to depart from Cyprus for Gaza in the coming days, Cypriot authorities said on ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/03 19:52 - Reading : less than a minute
EU commissioner Margaritis Schinas said on Friday that the European Union could strike a deal with Lebanon to stem arrivals of migrants, according to local agency Al-Markaziya, quoting Reuters. Schinas talked about this possible agreement during a visit to Cyprus. Officials on the island complained it was being inundated by a surge in arrivals ...
