Category: Cyprus

Europe 115

Kitos War

Crossing the Taurus mountains,...

Europe 1878

Aftermath of the Great Eastern Crisis

The Russian victory over Turkey...

Eastern Mediterranean 1956

Rise of Nasser

By 1954 the Egyptian officer Gamal...

Europe 1963

Berlin Wall

The coming of the 1960s saw the Cold...

Eastern Mediterranean 1964

Independence of Cyprus and Malta

In 1955 Greek Cypriots began a...

Eastern Mediterranean 1967

Six-Day War

During the 1960s tensions between...

Eastern Mediterranean 1973

Yom Kippur War

During the sporadic Arab–Israeli...

Eastern Mediterranean 1974

Turkish invasion of Cyprus

In July 1974 the military junta in...

Eastern Mediterranean 1976

Lebanese Civil War

The influx of Palestinian refugees...

Europe 1977

Cold War Rivalry in the Middle East

In 1967, Israel conquered large...

Eastern Mediterranean 1984

Multinational Force in Lebanon

Following Israel’s invasion of...

Europe 2008

South Ossetia War

The collapse of Russian power in...

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