US EditionHealey visits Cyprus after criticism of UK response to drone attacks
John Healey met Cypriot officials to discuss air defense after a Shahed-type drone struck RAF Akrotiri on March 2 with minimal damage and no casualties, officials said.
- On March 5, 2026, John Healey, British Defence Secretary, flew to Cyprus to meet Cypriot counterparts and discuss potential UK air‑defence support after recent attacks on RAF Akrotiri.
- Following the weekend attack, Cyprus publicly challenged the UK's response, with officials criticizing the information-sharing after the drone struck RAF Akrotiri on March 2, 2026.
- HMS Dragon, a Type 45 destroyer, is being deployed to Cyprus though it won’t sail until next week; Wildcat helicopters with Martlet missiles and RAF Typhoon and F‑35 jets have supported defensive operations while the MoD resupplied air‑defence systems.
- Families of British service personnel and local residents near RAF bases in Cyprus were relocated as a precaution, while the Cypriot government warned the UK government might renegotiate base-use arrangements.
- The MoD says the drone was not launched from Iran, but investigators could not conclusively establish its origin, bringing the conflict onto European soil, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer signalled US use of UK bases for defensive strikes.
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The British Ministry of Defence has not ventured to point out the perpetrator of the attack.
Tensions in the eastern Mediterranean have moved to Cyprus. Early on Monday morning, an Iranian-made drone, which had been launched from Lebanon as reported by the Cypriot Government, hit one of the airstrips at the British Akrotiri base in the south of the island. The attack left no casualties and only caused minor damage to the infrastructure. On the same day, other drones were intercepted heading towards the area, while a fourth device was de…
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