‘Our Armed Forces are responding to a suspected drone strike at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus at midnight local time,’ a spokesperson told The Independent

Defence secretary John Healey has revealed that UK assets in the Middle East are at risk from Iranian retaliation

‘Our Armed Forces are responding to a suspected drone strike at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus at midnight local time,’ a spokesperson told The Independent

The apparent attack on RAF Akrotiri came hours after the UK agreed to let the US use British military bases to attack Iran’s missile sites

No casualties were reported and the base sustained "minimal damage", the Ministry of Defence said.

The attack marks the first strike on a British military base in Cyprus since 1986, escalating regional tensions.

After an Iranian-made Shahed Drone Struck a British Air Base in Cyprus Monday Morning, the Cypriot President Said He Wishes to Clarify the Country 'Does Not Participate in Any Way…

Non-essential staff and families were evacuated from a British airbase on Cyprus in the early hours of Monday after it was struck by an Iranian drone.

Nicosia refused to rule out renegotiating use of RAF Akrotiri following anger over the incident

The development comes after an Iranian-made drone crashed into the UK's military base in Cyprus.

The Cypriot government suspects the Iran-backed group Hezbollah in Lebanon targeted the UK's RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus.

US bombers are expected to arrive at British air bases within days, western officials said