Tag: Cyprus
Erdogan issues missile warning to Greece
The Turkish leader declared that his latest weapons could “hit Athens” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Saturday that his country’s newest ballistic missiles could reach Athens, before reiterating Türkiye’s demand that Greece cease its alleged militarization of the Aegean islands. “Now we have started to make our own missiles,” Erdogan said in a speech on Sunday. “Of course, this production scares the Greeks….
UN peacekeeping in Cyprus: Mission criticised by disputing sides
The United Nations peacekeeping mission on the island of Cyprus is being criticised by both sides over the decades-long conflict. Leaders of the self-declared Republic of Northern Cyprus say they want more influence on the UN’s actions. But the Greek Cypriot government says there is already too much of it. Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons spent a day in Nicosia with UN forces on patrol in…