#Akrotiri base

Iranian diplomatic sources said Thursday that Cyprus faces no threat as long as British bases on the island are not used in operations against the Islamic Republic. The official comments, ...

The UK Ministry of Defence on Wednesday said RAF Akrotiri is protected by “robust, multi-layered security measures”, after a Financial Times report said the island had been considered among potential ...

The UK Ministry of Defence is buying additional air raid warning sirens for RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, with the new system designed to provide warning coverage for both the military ...

The British Bases administration has defended plans to modernise infrastructure at the Akrotiri Salt Lake site, saying it remains committed to public consultation and engagement with local communities ahead of ...

London’s metropolitan police on Friday announced the arrest of a 44-year-old man who was arrested in Cyprus last year, accused of having spied on both the British Royal Air ...

Residents of Akrotiri are preparing legal action against plans by the British Bases to install 32 additional antennas in the area, with local authorities examining the possibility of taking the case ...

The British bases have announced on Friday that controlled explosions will take place at Akrotiri between May 18 and 20. The small-scale explosions are part of routine operations and will be carried ...

The British bases in Cyprus could “easily be targeted again” as the war in the Middle East continues, the British forces’ Cyprus commander major general Tom Bewick has said. “One ...

A small, controlled explosion is expected to take place on Thursday morning in the area of the British bases at Akrotiri, police said, stressing there is no reason for public ...

The United Kingdom’s defence ministry has announced the deployment of 500 “additional personnel” to the country’s bases in Cyprus. While the ministry did not confirm to the Cyprus Mail ...

According to British media, the United Kingdom will move forward with plans to install a £17.5 million satellite monitoring facility in Cyprus, aimed at strengthening space surveillance and protecting critical military ...

The evacuation order for the village of Akrotiri, which is located within the eponymous British base area and adjacent to the air force base, was suspended on Friday, with the ...

Officials on Thursday blamed the absence of emergency protocols for the confusion and panic caused among communities in close proximity to RAF Akrotiri following a drone strike there last Sunday. ...

The parents’ association in Akrotiri on Monday requested the temporary relocation of the community’s nursery and primary schools, citing growing fears following last week’s drone attack on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The primary school in the village of Akrotiri, as well as the village’s nursery school and environmental education centre, will remain closed on Monday next week, the education ministry ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Residents of Akrotiri were displaced early Monday after a military drone struck facilities within the British bases shortly after midnight, leading to precautionary evacuations, school closures and a series of ...

The United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper on Monday confirmed that the drone which had hit the country’s Akrotiri air force base in Cyprus had struck the aerodrome’...

The United Kingdom has deployed six more fighter jets to its air force base in Akrotiri, according to reports on Saturday, with fears growing that the United States may launch ...

Activists from AFOA, Genocide Free Cy, and United for Palestine shared posts about an action in which signs were placed along roads leading to the Akrotiri airbase, renaming them ‘Genocide ...