Cocked rifles and infrared cameras along Cyprus buffer zone stoke tensions that could spread farther
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Tensions Rise Along Cyprus Buffer ZoneUNFICYP reports more violations, weapons positions and infrared cameras across the 180-kilometer zone.
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- UNFICYP Military Chief of Staff Ben Ramsay reported large-caliber weapons, hundreds of new fighting positions and dozens of infrared cameras in the buffer zone.
- So far in 2024, violations have increased by 70% from the previous year, mainly because of construction by both sides inside the neutral territory; the increase was 60% in 2023.
- Only 800 military personnel are assigned to monitor the entire buffer zone, while U.N. cameras, the artificial-intelligence program Python Scripts and a reopened command post support surveillance.
- There has been no substantive dialogue since the last major reunification initiative collapsed seven years ago, and the latest mediation effort by María Angela Holguín Cuéllar appears to be faltering.
A miscalculation is a matter of time.— Col. Ben Ramsay, UNFICYP’s outgoing Military Chief of Staff, told the Associated Press during a tour of the buffer zone.
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