Wary European states pledge military aid for Cyprus, Gulf

While underlining their "defensive" aims, several European countries have now pledged military assistance to EU member Cyprus as the Middle East conflict intensifies and widens. Britain, Greece and Portugal have gone further by also allowing the US military to use their bases under certain conditions. Spain has ruled this out and Italy has said it has not received any such request. "We are not at war and we do not want to join the war," Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told RTL 102.5 radio on Thursday.