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Cyprus completes repatriation flights from crisis zone

ByFamagusta Gazette

Mar 12, 2026

The repatriation of Cypriot citizens from the crisis zone was completed Thursday night, the Foreign Ministry said.

A Cyprus Airways flight carrying 149 passengers landed shortly before 8 p.m.

Over the past week, the ministry, working with Cyprus’s diplomatic missions, coordinated eight charter flights that evacuated a total of 1,181 people from the affected region.

Those repatriated include Cypriot citizens, permanent residents of Cyprus, nationals of other countries and citizens of the European Union.

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