The Cypriot village of Akrotiri was evacuated due to British base operations, forcing residents to leave their homes and find refuge elsewhere.[1]
A 2026 drone strike on the base
John Kiriakou says a drone that hit the UK’s Akrotiri base in Cyprus was likely an Israeli operation, staged to increase American, British, Cypriot, and Greek interest in the region, and initially — falsely — blamed on Iran: “I make that the Israelis decided we need to get the Americans, the British, the Cypriots, the Greeks more interested. We’re going to send a drone… and then we’re going to blame it on the Iranians.”[2]