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The US military has been flying covert planes to Israel from RAF Akrotiri since the bombing of Gaza began, Declassified has discovered.

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[–] itsraining@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not surprising in the least, what else would they use their base on Cyprus for? Surely not for any good.

Cyprus is in a convenient geographical position in the region and it is safe to assume it has been widely used to monitor the situation and collect intelligence on the Gazan conflict.

[–] ahriboy@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 4 months ago

Also, the geopolitical situation in Cyprus remains disputed. I wish a Unified Cyprus could solve tensions between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Those two British bases should have been dismantled.