British Forces in Cyprus Under Siege
As a new warfront opened on the European continent, Mrs. Von der Leyen takes it easy. In the aftermath of a fresh police raid at the EC offices in Brussels nearly two weeks ago, the unelected Boss of Europe has undoubtedly something else on her mind.
International media report that the escalating chaos in the Middle East was obviously not enough for the Brussels bureaucrats to cut their weekend short.
Last weekend European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was heavily criticized for her response to the Iran crisis after announcing that an emergency meeting on the situation can wait until after EU bureaucrats enjoy their weekend.
In the meanwhile Iranian drones were downed near the British Air Force base in Akrotiri here in Cyprus. It all comes as the Republic of Cyprus proudly holds temporarily Presidency of European Union.
The affected UK base is now evacuated. Also citizens of the nearby village of Akrotiri moved to safer grounds.
Other villages within the Akrotiri base area were not evacuated.
Unconfirmed reports also suggested that the Dhekelia base, located in the east of the island, was also evacuated, while alarms were heard at the United States’ embassy in Nicosia, with it believed that the sounding of those alarms may have been related to the firing of the drones.
Last weekend US forces got the green light from British premier Starmer to use British bases for the American operation in the Middle East.
The situation is painful for Europe as many countries are running out of natural gas. Despite winter is officially over, for Europe it’s highly likely that in case of major energy transport disruptions in the Middle East cold months are ahead.