A suspected Russian-made missile has exploded over northern Cyprus, in an incident which officials believe is linked to military operations in Syria
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A high-ranking northern Cypriot official told CNN that the object crashed on a mountainside near the village of Tashkent -- less than 15 miles north of the capital Nicosia -- after midnight local time on Monday. No one was hurt, the official said.
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