A Cyprus government spokesperson said that the incident “involved an unmanned drone, which caused limited damage”, according to the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n
The latest conflict began on Saturday morning when Israel and the US launched a “massive” and ongoing attack against Iran’s leadership and military, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei among those killed.<\/a><\/p>\n Iran has responded by firing ballistic missiles and drones at US assets and allies across the region, targeting Israel, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.<\/p>\n Defence Secretary John Healey said earlier on Sunday that British troops and civilians in the Middle East were being put at risk from “indiscriminate attacks” by Iran.<\/p>\n In a separate earlier incident, Healey said two ballistic missiles were fired towards Cyprus although he was “pretty sure” it was not being targeted.<\/p>\n A Cypriot government spokesman later said Sir Keir had “clearly confirmed that Cyprus was not a target” during a telephone call with the country’s president Nikos Christodoulides.<\/p>\n On Sunday, an RAF Typhoon jet operating out of Qatar shot down an Iranian drone in a “defensive air patrol”, the Ministry of Defence said.<\/p>\n It was the first time a UK fighter had brought down an Iranian drone since the US and Iran strikes began.<\/p>\n Earlier, a UK counter-drone unit in Iraq took down an Iranian drone that was heading towards a coalition base housing UK service personnel.<\/p>\n However, Sir Keir said the UK had learned lessons from the “mistakes of Iraq”, and was not involved in the initial strikes on Iran and would “not join offensive action now”.<\/p>\n