The deployment of Turkish F-16 fighter jets to the occupied northern part of Cyprus has sparked fresh reactions in the US Congress, with two more members of the House of Representatives publicly condemning Turkey’s move.

Ankara went from leaks to official confirmation and announced that as of today, six F-16 fighters have been deployed to the Occupied Territories along with air defense systems, citing developments in the region and the need, as it says, to strengthen the security of the pseudo-state.

Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides has condemned a "provocation" by Turkish Cypriot forces, after soldiers ordered a Greek Cypriot farmer to leave his field inside the United Nations-controlled buffer zone.