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"Everything is being done that is humanly possible to protect both citizens, residents, and visitors to Cyprus." Cypriot minister Constantinos Kombos looks to reassure any tourists "in two minds" about visiting Cyprus after a drone hit RAF Akrotiri on Sunday. #Newsnight

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“Our Cyprus base is not being used in those US operations.” Except, I’m not convinced this is true. I challenged the Foreign Secretary regarding the use of RAF Akrotiri with regards to Operation Epic Fury and the war in Iran. She previously stated the attack drone which struck RAF Akrotiri had hit the runway. It didn’t. The MOD have since confirmed to me that the drone struck a hangar. That hangar has been reported as being in use by the USAF to protect their U2 spyplanes. The U2’s have been flying out of RAF Akrotiri since before I was born. Operation Olive Harvest sees Detachment 1 of the 9th Operations Group fly ISR missions over the Middle-East. Fair enough. I asked Yvette Cooper to confirm that they weren’t being used to support current US operations in Iran. She wouldn’t, or couldn’t. Are we really to expect that an asset like the U2, tasked with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance over a region which the US is currently engaged in a highly kinetic military operation isn’t being used to support it? I have no issues with its use. My issue is with regards to whether the Government is lying about it and has been for weeks.

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