Disputes - international:
1974 hostilities divided the island into two de facto autonomous areas, a Greek Cypriot area controlled by the internationally recognized Cypriot Government (59% of the island's land area) and a Turkish-Cypriot area (37% of the island), that are separated by a
UN buffer zone (4% of the island); there are two UK sovereign base areas mostly within the Greek Cypriot portion of the island
Illicit drugs:
minor transit point for heroin and hashish? via air routes and container traffic to Europe, especially from Lebanon and Turkey; some cocaine? transits as well
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