A suspected drone strike hit RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed.There were no casualties in the incident at the base near Limassol in the early hours of Monday, but the Sovereign Base Areas Administration said “a temporary dispersal” was being planned for non-essential personnel.An MoD spokesperson said: “Our armed forces are responding to a suspected drone strike at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus at midnight local time.“Our force protection in the region is at the highest level and the base has responded to defend our people.“This is a live situation and further information will be provided in due course.”Konstantinos Letymbiotis, a Cyprus government spokesman, said in a statement on X only “limited” damage was caused.It is understood the UK Government recently moved additional resources to bases in Cyprus as part of ongoing operations in the Middle East.The suspected strike came hours after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the UK had allowed the US to strike Iranian missile sites from British bases as officials plan an unprecedented rescue operation for UK citizens in the Gulf.Hostilities in the Middle East are entering their third day, with the US and Israel continuing to strike Iran following the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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