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The U.S. embargo started in 1987 as an effort to allegedly help re-unify the island following a Turkish invasion that created a breakaway state and years of fierce combat.
Greece and Turkey have been locked in a maritime and territorial dispute for decades, but with shifting geopolitical alliances and the discoveries of natural gas, relations have deteriorated sharply.