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.

A Cypriot official says more than 1,000 Syrian nationals have withdrawn their applications for asylum or international protection because they intend to return to their homeland.

Experts from the U.S. Air Force are looking at ways to upgrade Cyprus’ premier air base for use as a humanitarian staging post in future operations in the Middle East, a Cypriot official told The Associated Press Thursday.

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.

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Israeli flights scheduled to land at Paphos airport in western Cyprus have been redirected to Larnaca airport on the island's southern coast, following a directive from Israeli authorities, according to a Cypriot official on Monday.

Israel has ordered the suspension of Israeli commercial flights to Paphos in Cyprus, Cypriot officials confirmed on Monday, for unspecified security reasons. Domestic security agency Shin Bet ordered the suspension of flights to the airport,

Foreigners buying property in Cyprus with British, Russian, Israeli, Greek and Lebanese being the most prominent countries of origin.

Cyprus, in cooperation with the government of France on Friday delivered a total of 33 tonnes of supplies and logistics items to the Lebanese Armed Forces, it was announced on Friday.A joint statement from the foreign and defence ministries said that Cyprus and France were acting within the framework of their joint commitment to provide assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces.

A Cypriot official says experts from the U.S. Air Force are looking at ways to upgrade Cyprus’ premier air base for use as a humanitarian staging post in future operations