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Since the first US and Israeli attacks on Iran, European leaders have been paying close attention to events in Cyprus, an island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Cyprus is a member of the European Union but not a member of NATO, and is home to two British sovereign military bases. Several countries have announced they will send military assets to the region as a defensive measure during a war with Iran.
-French President Emmanuel Macron has said his country will deploy eight frigates, two amphibious helicopter carriers and the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to the eastern Mediterranean and the Red Sea as a defensive measure.
-Spain is sending its frigate Cristóbal Colón to Cyprus as part of a joint deployment with the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and ships from the Greek Navy, the country's defense ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
-Two Greek frigates have been sent to Cyprus, as well as four F-16 Viper fighter jets, Reuters reported. Greece has also deployed a Patriot anti-aircraft missile system to its southeastern island of Karpathos, Reuters said.
-On Saturday, Italy's president, Giorgia Meloni, said her country was deploying an Italian frigate to Cyprus, in a move she called "an act of European solidarity, but above all, a preventive action."
-The Dutch government announced on Monday that it will send its frigate HNLMS Evertsen to the Mediterranean from this week until early April, also together with the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.
The United Kingdom is deploying its warship HMS Dragon, as well as two Wildcat anti-drone helicopters, to the Eastern Mediterranean, the country's defense ministry said last week.
-The German navy frigate FGS Nordrhein-Westfalen arrived at the port of Limassol in southern Cyprus on Sunday, according to Reuters.
-The Turkish Defense Ministry said on Monday it had deployed six F-16 fighter jets and air defense systems to the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a region in the north of the island that is controlled by Turkish Cypriots and not recognized as legitimate under international law.
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