UK says ballistic missiles were fired in ‘direction of Cyprus’

LONDON: Britain’s defense secretary said Sunday “Iranian indiscriminate retaliatory attacks” launched after US-Israeli strikes included “two ballistic missiles fired in the direction of Cyprus” but it was not believed they were “targeted” at the Mediterranean island. “We had two ballistic missiles fired in the direction of Cyprus,” John Healey told the BBC, noting UK warplanes were involved in “defensive” actions in the region, operating from the UK’s air base on the island and from a base in Qatar.

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