UK announces deployment of 500 ‘additional personnel’ to Cyprus bases

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 what their roles will be, the deployment comes amid a bolstering of British force on the island amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, and after the British Akrotiri base was hit by an Iranian-made drone earlier this month.

To this end, it had announced on Friday evening that it has “more...