Protest in Cyprus against the use of British bases in the conflicts in Gaza and Yemen

"We cannot accept that from Cyprus we are involved in attacks on neighboring nations and countries... Cyprus must have a neutral status," said the president of the Cyprus Peace Council, Tasos Kostas

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From the protest, Photo: Reuters
From the protest, Photo: Reuters
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About 300 people protested today in the south of Cyprus against the participation of British military bases on the island in the conflicts in Gaza and Yemen.

"British military bases, leave! Cyprus is a bridge for peace and cooperation among peoples," read a banner of the Cyprus Peace Council (CPC), which staged a demonstration outside the Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Akrotiri, a British overseas territory since Cyprus' independence in 1960. .

"We cannot accept that from Cyprus we are involved in attacks on neighboring nations and countries... Cyprus must have a neutral status," said CPC President Tasos Kostas.

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photo: Reuters

The war between Israel and Hamas, which began on October 7 after the Palestinian Islamist movement attacked Israel from the Gaza Strip, has raised fears of a regional conflict.

According to an activist website in Great Britain, the Akrotiri base was the departure point for British and American flights to Israel, a close ally of Great Britain and the United States, to allegedly send military equipment.

Kostas handed over a letter to the base's administration demanding an end to Cyprus' involvement in the war in Gaza, as well as an end to the bombing in Yemen.

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photo: Reuters

Four Typhoon fighter jets, deployed in Cyprus, took part in British-American strikes on Yemeni Houthi rebel sites in response to those rebels' attacks on ships in the Red Sea.

An unnamed spokesman for the British Ministry of Defense said recently that no British aircraft to Israel carried "lethal cargo".

British forces are supporting "the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza" and "delivered 87 tons of British and Cypriot aid to Egypt for the people of Gaza," he added.

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