Netherlands confirms intention to send frigate to Cyprus

The government of the Netherlands on Monday confirmed its intention to send a frigate to Cyprus, joining a growing list of countries which have deployed naval assets to the island’s vicinity in the aftermath of an Iranian-made drone hitting the island last week.

Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant wrote that the country’s government stressed that the sending of the frigate will constitute “a limited deployment of a defensive nature, both geographically and in terms of time”, with the ship...