NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Syria has agreed to take back any of its citizens intercepted trying to reach Cyprus by boat, the Mediterranean island nation’s deputy minister for migration said Monday.

Cyprus says it will offer Syrian families money to help them resettle back in their homeland and allow the family head to remain on the island nation for up to three years to work as part of ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus will offer Syrian ... The income earner will be allowed to travel back and forth to Syria while his or her residency and work permit are valid. Cyprus' deputy minister ...

The income earner will be allowed to travel back and forth to Syria while his or her residency and work permit are valid. Syrian nationals make up the largest group of asylum-seekers in Cyprus by far.