RAF responding to suspected drone strike at UK base in Cyprus, MoD says

A British RAF base in Cyprus was targeted by a "suspected drone strike" on Sunday night, the Ministry of Defence has said.

The MoD said the armed forces were responding to the attack at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus at around midnight local time (22:00 GMT). The BBC understands there were no casualties in the suspected strike.

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

It comes as Defence Secretary John Healey said British troops and civilians in the Middle East were being put at risk from "indiscriminate attacks" by Iran after the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed during US and Israeli air strikes.