British military base in Cyprus sustains limited damage in suspected Iranian drone strike

Britain’s Royal Air Force base Akrotiri in Cyprus was hit by a suspected drone strike overnight, causing limited damage and no casualties, Cypriot authorities and the UK’s Ministry of Defense say.

A Cyprus government spokesperson says that “information received through various channels indicates that it involved an unmanned drone, which caused limited damage”.

A security alert put out to residents in the vicinity of Akrotiri by the British bases administration advises residents to shelter in place until further notice, “following a suspected drone impact.”

Britain retains sovereignty over the territory of two bases on the eastern Mediterranean island, which is a member of the European Union. RAF Akrotiri covers a sprawling, square-shaped peninsula on the southern tip of Cyprus. The last time it was directly attacked was by Libyan militants in the mid-1980s.