A Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicle crashed into the British Royal Air Force Akrotiri base in Cyprus shortly after midnight on March 2, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said, as tensions ...

The March 2, 2026 drone strike on RAF Akrotiri exposed a gap in British naval air defense after London declined to position a destroyer nearby. With HMS Dragon still preparing in Portsmouth, European ...

British police said a London man has been arrested in Cyprus on suspicion of spying on a UK air force base on the Mediterranean island for Iran. The Metropolitan Police said 44-year-old Rashad ...

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AKROTIRI, Cyprus — Britain is not at war, the government said Monday, despite saying it would allow the U.S. to use British bases during its war with Iran and after a Royal Air Force base in Cyprus ...

The incident comes after Britain agreed to let the United States use its bases for “defensive” strikes on Iranian missiles ...

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AKROTIRI, Cyprus (AP) — Britain is not at war, the government said Monday, despite saying it would allow the U.S. to use British bases during its war with Iran and after a Royal Air Force base in ...