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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

Hezbollah said to have launched drone that struck UK RAF airbase in Cyprus

Flashes appear in the sky over RAF Akrotiri, as seen from Pissouri, Limassol District, Cyprus.
Flashes appear in the sky over RAF Akrotiri, as seen from Pissouri, Limassol District, Cyprus. Photograph: KitasWeather/Reuters

A one-way attack drone – said to have been launched by Lebanon’s Hezbollah – struck the UK’s RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus at about midnight on Sunday, prompting a partial evacuation of the military facility.

Two more drones were successfully intercepted on Monday morning, the Cypriot authorities said, as part of what appears to be a sustained targeting of the base on the third day of the war in the Middle East.

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