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What to know about the recent drone strike on a UK base that has Cyprus clamoring for a new deal
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What to know about the recent drone strike on a UK base that has Cyprus clamoring for a new deal

  • By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press

Cyprus has raised concerns that it was kept in the dark when a Shahed drone struck a hangar at a British air base on the island's southern coastline minutes after midnight on March 2. While sirens had already been blaring at RAF Akrotiri warning personnel to take cover, Cypriot officials said they were given no advance warning from British authorities that the base was under attack. President Nikos Christodoulides has said he wants a "frank and open" discussion with the U.K. government about the future of the bases — something that was considered more or less taboo, ever since the island gained independence from British colonial rule in 1960.

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