People watch as a tank takes part in a military parade marking the 60th anniversary of independence, in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Oct. 1, 2025. Iakovos Hatzistavrou/AFP via Getty ImagesCyprus’s Nicosia is the only capital city in the world still divided, with United Nations peacekeeping troops manning a buffer zone between two communities.The island—which holds a strategically important position in the eastern Mediterranean and is only 250 miles from the coast of Israel—has been divided since 1974, when the Turkish army invaded, ostensibly to defend the Turkish Cypriot minority from extremists within the Greek Cypriot majority.
Hopes Rise for Unification of Strategically Important Island of Cyprus
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