The UK Government's response to the drone attack at an RAF base located on the Brit holiday hotspot has been deemed 'disappointing'.

AKROTIRI, Cyprus, March 2 () - A drone strike hit a British air base in Cyprus overnight, causing limited damage and no casualties, Cypriot and British officials said on Monday, in a marked

“Our force protection in the region is at the highest level and the base has responded to defend our people."

France plans to send anti-missile and anti-drone systems to Cyprus after a British air base on the island was attacked by drones, the semi-official Cyprus News Agency (CNA

Several locations near the British base attacked by an Iranian drone have been evacuated, and people are expressing fear over the escalating conflict

A suspected drone from Iran attacked the British base of Akrotiri in Cyprus, as tensions escalate in the Middle East.

The Ministry of Defence has said non-essential personnel and families at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus have been relocated to temporary accommodation elsewhere on the island as part of measures to strengthen security at the base.

Now, after nearly 66 years as an independent nation, Cyprus has found itself embroiled in another Middle Eastern maelstrom primarily because it hosts two large and significant U.K. military bases, the vestige of its British colonial past.

British bases in Cyprus are legally separate territories, but they remain closely connected to the island’s people, geography, and security.