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Can Iran hit Crete

Recent U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have followed a familiar pattern: retaliation directed at targets linked to American military presence, primarily across bases in the Middle East. This raises a more distant but consequential question—could such a strategy extend to the Souda Naval Base in Crete, one of the most important U.S. and NATO installations in the Eastern Mediterranean?

Why Christodoulides raised the issue of the British Bases at the European Council

While Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides was speaking yesterday at the European Council about the crisis in the Middle East, he received a message on his mobile phone about an alert at the British Bases in Akrotiri, giving him the opportunity to explain to the 26 EU leaders how directly the regional escalation in the Middle East affects Cyprus.