Turkish Drones in Northern Cyprus Heighten Regional Unease

An air base hosting Turkish drones in the breakaway northern third of ethnically divided Cyprus is ratcheting up unease among neighboring countries, which see the station as an added instrument of instability in the turbulent east Mediterranean region. The Cypriot government views the drone deployment as a means for Turkey to pursue what it called an “expansionist agenda” - using military assets to extend its outreach and buttress its control of a region that potentially holds significant natural gas reserves. Turkey has stationed heavy weapons and more than 35,000 troops in northern Cyp

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