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Iranian drone crashes into UK Air Force unit, Starmer allows...

Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestLinkedinCopy URLTelegramEmailTumblrReddItPrintKoo LONDON, Mar 2: A British Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Cyprus was hit by an Iranian one-way attack drone during the ongoing US and Israeli strikes launched on Tehran over the weekend, confirmed by Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday. The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said RAF Akrotiri sustained “minimal damage” on Sunday at around midnight local time, with no casualties reported. It came hours after Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s video statement announcing the UK’s decision to allow the United States permission to use British bases for “limited defensive” operations to protect British lives and interests in West Asia.

Iranian drone crashes into UK Air Force unit,  Starmer allows...

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Key Highlights

  • “Our base and personnel continue to operate as normal protecting the safety of Britain and our interests,” an MoD spokesperson said.
  • Family members at the base will be moved to alternative accommodation as a precautionary measure under a “temporary dispersal notice” for the British military base.
  • “All other locations, workplaces, businesses and facilities will remain open as normal and there are no restrictions in place,” the MoD said.
  • The attack came in the wake of Starmer’s updated statement on the conflict in the region, which led to the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameni.
  • “Our partners in the Gulf have asked us to do more to defend them, and it is my duty to protect British lives.
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