Italian frigate Federico Martinengo arrives in Cypriot waters

The Italian navy frigate Federico Martinengo arrived in waters near Cyprus on Wednesday as part of a coordinated European naval deployment aimed at reinforcing the island’s security amid heightened tensions due to the US-Israeli conflict with Iran.

The warship, carrying more than 160 personnel from the Italian Navy, sailed from the southern Italian port of Taranto last week and joined a growing multinational armada in the eastern Mediterranean.

Officials described the deployment...