#Iran crisis

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 ...

Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Thursday travelled to Cyprus, and used his visit to warn against “the use of the island in operations targeting the Middle East”. He said ...

Israel launched a large wave of strikes on Tehran on Thursday, targeting what it said was infrastructure belonging to the Iranian authorities, after Iranian missiles sent millions of Israelis rushing ...

Turkey says it ‘will not hesitate’ to act over Cyprus as regional conflict continues By Tom Cleaver Turkey “will not hesitate” to act against “hostile attitudes” shown towards the Turkish ...

The French frigate the Languedoc arrived off the coast of Cyprus, the French military announced on Thursday. It stressed in its announcement that the frigate’s arrival constitutes “French commitment ...

Sirens wailed on Thursday in Akrotiri and residents received sms alerts that there was an ongoing security threat. “Only for Akrotiri residents: There is an ongoing security threat. Please remain ...

Defence minister, Vasilis Palmas, said on Thursday that there is “no immediate threat” to the republic despite heightened tensions across the Middle East, as Greece moved naval and air assets ...