British base as ‘protected as it can be’

The British bases in Cyprus could “easily be targeted again” as the war in the Middle East continues , the British forces’ Cyprus commander major general Tom Bewick has said.

“One would be a fool not to take the Iranians at their word,” he told the BBC, a month after the Akrotiri base was hit by an Iranian-made drone, though he did stress that now, the base is “as protected