#Iran crisis

An “exchange of views” took place during President Nikos Christodoulides’ meeting with the head of the UK’s secret intelligence service MI6, Blaise Metreweli, on Friday, deputy government spokesman Yiannis ...

Germany has said it will not send military support to Cyprus despite rising security concerns in the eastern Mediterranean, arguing that its defence responsibilities are concentrated on Nato’s eastern ...

Commercial flights in parts of the Middle East have been grounded due to the escalating conflict following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, stranding foreign nationals and prompting governments ...

U.S. President Donald Trump demanded Iran’s “unconditional surrender” on Friday, a dramatic escalation of his demands a week into the war he launched alongside Israel, which could make ...

A number of “top experts” from the United Kingdom arrived in Cyprus on Friday with the aim of coordinating the air defences of the British bases on the island, British ...

Emirati airlines resumed some flights to key global cities from the United Arab Emirates on Friday, but tensions remained high after a government-chartered Air France repatriation flight was forced to ...

The congested nature of airspace above and around Cyprus is the cause of the repeated “security threat” messages which are sent to personnel on the British Akrotiri air force base ...

British Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy on Friday said that the United Kingdom could legally strike missile sites in Iran, after the British government confirmed that its base in Cyprus ...

British police arrested four men on Friday on suspicion of spying for Iran following an investigation into their suspected surveillance of London’s Jewish community. Detectives said one of the ...

Cyprus “was not targeted in any way because of geography”, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Friday of the Iranian-made drone which hit the island earlier in the week, stressing ...

A total of 37 Turkish Cypriots who had found themselves stranded in Dubai upon the outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East at the weekend returned to the island via Larnaca ...

The “security threat” which was declared at the United Kingdom’s Akrotiri air force base was declared to have passed shortly before 10.15am. Sirens had sounded shortly before 10am, with ...

The attacks in Cyprus were aimed exclusively at the British bases, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday evening, expressing frustration over remarks made earlier in the day by British Defence ...

U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls’ school that killed scores of children on Saturday ...

Israel pounded Beirut on Friday after ordering an unprecedented evacuation of the entire southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, a major expansion of the war against Iran it began a ...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah warned Israeli residents to evacuate towns within 5 km (3.11 miles) of the border between the countries in a message posted on its Telegram channel in Hebrew early on ...

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Thursday night confirmed that his country’s Akrotiri air force base in Cyprus had been used as the launchpad for missions aimed at ...

Former European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas said that Cyprus should now join Nato, after the island found itself targeted by Iranian-made drones amid a widening regional conflict. “I would ...

The U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran entered its sixth day on Thursday with what residents described as even more intensive bombing, while Iran vowed to retaliate anywhere for a ...

The United Kingdom is “taking every measure” to protect Cyprus, the country’s Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on Thursday, days after the British Akrotiri air force base on ...

The National Security Council is coordinating actions around the clock, and President Nikos Christodoulides participates in person whenever necessary, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Thursday. He added that the ...

The “special relationship” between Britain and the United States remains intact and they continue to share intelligence, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday, after Donald Trump rebuked him for ...

A briefly declared “security threat” which was announced at the United Kingdom’s Akrotiri air force base shortly before 4.30pm was declared to be over five minutes later. The threat ...

Azerbaijan warned on Thursday that it was preparing unspecified response measures after two Iranian drones flew across its border and injured four people in the Nakhchivan exclave, raising concern about ...