Greece’s two refinery groups on Monday appeared reassuring over the sufficiency of fuel supplies in the domestic market, amid the military conflict that dramatically flared up over the weekend with the US and Israeli strikes against Iran and the latter’s missile retaliation across the wider region.

An alert was sounded in Cyprus as a possible suspicious object was detected in the airspace near Lebanon, as reported by the Government Spokesperson. “For precautionary reasons, all appropriate measures were taken by the competent authorities to investigate and, if necessary, deal with the incident. Further information will follow on the outcome,” he adds.

According to philenews, Greek F-16s took off to intercept the suspicious object. At the American embassy in Nicosia, the staff was taken to the basement as a precaution.

The alert was sounded shortly after 9:30 in the morning and ended half an hour later.

The transfer of a Patriot battery to Karpathos as part of the strengthening of the country's air defense due to the unrest prevailing in the Middle East was decided, according to information from protothema.gr, by the Ministry of National Defense.