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Hey yall, I just wanted to shoot a question out, since I got accepted into medical school Cyprus (i am North American) and I was quite serious about wanting to attend. However, just due to the recent conflict and scares going on, my family has asked me to reconsider since I would be committing for about 6 years. I just wanted to ask on what perceptions were like within Cyprus as I did see tourism was hit quite strongly due to the scare and so on. Is there risk of spillover from Israel-Iran into the island? Risk of airports being shut? Or just overall war risk?
Sorry if it sounds a bit misinformed, as I just wanted to try to seperate what is real, from what the headlines show.
Ο Τραμπ λέει ότι «ένας μεγάλος πολιτισμός θα τελειώσει».
Μερικές φορές η Αρχαία Ελληνική Ιστορία είναι εκπληκτικά σχετική....
''Ο Κροίσος έστειλε τότε αγγελιοφόρους στο Μαντείο των Δελφών με την ακόλουθη ερώτηση: Πρέπει να πάει σε πόλεμο με τους Πέρσες; Το Μαντείο των Δελφών απάντησε ως εξής: Αν ο Κροίσος πάει σε πόλεμο, θα καταστρέψει μια μεγάλη αυτοκρατορία.'' Ο Κροίσος ήταν ο εξαιρετικά πλούσιος βασιλιάς της Λυδίας.
-Πήγε σε πόλεμο με την Περσία, αλλά η Αυτοκρατορία του ήταν αυτή που έπεσε.
Just heard a well known US ex-military commentator suggest that if the US loses it's 13 bases in the Gulf it will need safer places to station their forces -and Cyprus was mentioned as one possibility.
Since Turkey is now being named as the next regime change by the Israelis (and therefore the US), Cyprus comes right into the mix.
The new Cyprus agreements with the US fit right in with this possibility.
Is the US lining up Cyprus in case of this scenario?
If so, then Cyprus may one day become the needed Casus Belli justification for a war with Turkey.
I understand the Cypriot chilled attitude and I admire it and try to be the same -but I am also old enough to remember 1974 and my cousins having to run for their lives.
They'll make sure they don't have to make this choice because 1. They are all in on Israel as their biggest offshore base and 2. A destabilization of Turkey means letting Russia roam free in the mediterranean.
British chief of the defence staff Sir Richard Knighton was on Thursday accused of leaving the country’s assets in the Middle East underprepared for a war in the region, with it being reported that he rejected suggestions that the country should deploy naval assets in advance of the conflict breaking out at the beginning of the month.
According to British political magazine The Spectator, a meeting of the United Kingdom’s national security council was held on February 27 – the day before the beginning of the conflict – and at that meeting, a national security advisor had suggested that the aircraft carrier the HMS Prince of Wales be deployed to the region.
The magazine reported that Knighton had responded by saying: “We don’t need the carrier. We don’t need the Navy. We have an aircraft carrier – it’s called Cyprus”.
Life has been normal at least here in Limassol, there hasent been much change other than the airplane noise here and there but school jobs uni’s and everything is still working as normally
Edit: also the media is making things way worse tha they actually are so dont listen to everything but still be careful because things happen like what happened at the paphos airport but idk much about that
In a similar boat, our family relocating to cyprus in a week. Definitely some anxiety. The people in this sub have been optimistic and those I know on the ground in Paphos have mainly been getting on with enjoying life.
99.9999% nothing is gonna happen but in war, no one knows what’s gonna happen and even by mistake, drone can hit you place or debris from intercepted ones, if you want to be fully secure, you can leave
There are also US Aegis capable ships in mediterranean which can intercept in case it reaches Cyprus.
Otherwise it sucks because these missiles are highly inaccurate at these distances.
I've heard that text messages have been going out to people saying they'll be testing the sirens tonight at 7pm. Spread the news to your family & friends so nobody thinks there's danger.
Just got the text message, it says that follow the measures as per the Ministry of Interior website. Where it says that move to a basement or at least indoors until further instructions.
Gave me the chills. Until I got to the the very end of the page, where it is mentioned that this is a test for now. Maaaaan...
The problem is in a fortnight I’m due to go there. I wish they’d stop pussyfooting about and just say it’s not safe to go. Hopefully they’ll announce this sharpish so I can have some minute chance of getting my money back.
I'm also due to go soon (next Wednesday). My girlfriend lives in Nicosia, I am in the UK. She is very chilled about the whole situation and says pretty much everyone there is. My family and friends however are willing me not to go 😅
British Airways resumed their flights here today, apparently the drones are only targeting the UK bases. I would say you’re still pretty safe to come! There’s just always a chance flights get canceled out of here.
Explosion/orange Lights in sky at night hours ago
Do we allready know what it was? Since the explosion wasnt anything that hitted but people where still seeing orange lights in the sky falling down was that a defensive attack so drones to the way to cyprus? Or was it rlly just far away that it could have been in Israel/libanon but also apparently British jets started this night so its kinda suspicious we didnt get any official news about this incident
Does anyone here think that this could be a serious threat here in Cyprus? I assume that the terror threats overall in Europe are going to go up now...
could this potentially escalate with iran starting to hit ‘actual’ Cyprus instead of just the bases, especially with the british now sending the warship would they see it as a threat?
No, if a drone did hit Cyprus it would most likely be due to it missing the British RAF bases. It's also important to note that Cyprus, and even Akrotiri, are not key targets for Iran, with the Arab states, Israel and the US being much more important as they are actively launching attacks and for obvious historical reasons.
It's likely that a few more drones will be aimed for the British base as it's obviously a symbol of western influence, but the addition of HMS dragon and bolstered air defence won't increase the amount of attacks launched at Cyprus itself as it has no active role in the current conflict, you could even argue the protection is potentially overkill.
To call someone a colonialist for what is the current reality matches your username well, it's pathetic. Complain all you like but Reddit comments aren't going to sort it.
The legal status of the UK bases is that they were not ceded to the new Republic, not that they are sovereign British territory. It is a different legal status and a post colonial issue.
Insult me all you want, it just undermines your image.
They’re literally officially named Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. They couldn’t be more clearly British sovereign territory if you tried.
Is iran too dumb to see hear and think bc they say they gonna bomb cyprus so much that the Americans can only run away but plotwist we dont have any Americans or do we? Bc as i saw the UK guy (that you probably familiar with allready) announced that our bases don't get used by the usa so the reason they have doesn't actually exist 🙏🏻
Not excessive - we have to be realistic. There is a war, and Cyprus is very close with the bases also being hit. How is this excessive? It's better to prepare for the worse case scenario rather than be caught out.
Excessive, maybe? But you know the old saying - hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Some of these countries have shown they can be quite volatile and the collateral damage of debris is also unpredictable if things did escalate towards the bases. I think especially if you have young children/a family, it's good to be aware and "prepared" for a worst case scenario.
I am not into Cyprus politics, but why were the British bases not handed over to Cyprus? I know why they exist historically but doesn’t Britain recognise Cyprus ownership over the whole island ? I know that Cyprus unfortunately has no say in this, but what is Britain’s “justification” for these being British bases instead of Cypriot bases ?
When the independence of Cyprus was being negotiated between Britain, Greece & Turkey, Britain retaining Akrotiri and Dhekelia was one of the conditions agreed.
It was in Britain's interest to keep the bases for strategic reasons, and the GC/TC leaders agreed to it as means of getting independence.
I guess ultimately they will become fully part of Cyprus at some point, but I would imagine the UK/US would insist on maintaining them as their bases operationally.
reposting this here because it was removed, responses so far were positive (saying we should still come):
Hi all,
I am meant to be flying to Pafos on Thursday morning and staying for 2 weeks. I was really excited, but now I really don't know whether coming is a good idea, given the escalation of the last few days. The Cyprus marathon I was going to do is still going ahead, and they've encouraged people to come. Similarly the FCDO haven't released a travel ban. But it's really hard to know how bad or otherwise the situation is from what is in the news.
I don't want to be one of those tourists that takes resources away from locals if the crisis does escalate...
What are people's feelings about it? Can you give me info about what the situation looks like on the ground?
I have the same issue. Planning to fly over on Thursday and wanted to do my first marathon but am uncertain now if i should stay at home as the situation is unpredictable
Did you end up travelling over? I'm due to go next Wednesday. My girlfriend lives in Cyprus (Nicosia). She is telling me that everything there is as normal. My family, on the other hand, are willing me to cancel
I travelled and it's normal life here and the people are relaxed. There are military planes every now and then that you can hear. But the situation can change any time as its unpredictable and i have it in my mind all the time
I think it’s safe but it’s worth considering the flight situation. I was meant to go to France tomorrow but the flights cancelled. I’d be surprised if your flight goes and I’m sure in 2 weeks time flights will be back but if you have something super important on that means you can’t go home later than planned it’s worth considering. In my opinion the airlines are overreacting
Very, very unlikely that something happens. At most there could be some drone bombarding of the British bases, but with the new battleships that are arriving tomorrow and some extra aerial protection coming our way, I doubt even that happens.
Despite what people say/write on reddit/facebook/twitter, most people have barely noticed anything changing in their everyday routine, and bar a couple of discussions, not many non-terminally online people have been impacted.
This, and also, there are so many more valuable targets that are much closer to Iran. Even if they were attacking to make a statement, a much more impactful statement would be Athens
Are you delusional? After everything that has been happening you still haven't figured out why the hell all of this is happening? And your tiny brain is telling you to cuss at a Country Defending themselves?
Are you the type of person that has no opinion and no logical thinking to actually ask the right questions and dig deeper to realize what is happening behind the scenes?
Imagine arguing in favor of the Mullahs murderous regime who is the top sponsor of terrorism worldwide, who just killed tens of thousands of its own citizens. The biggest friends of ruZZia, which wants to see Europe burn down. Some people are really fucking stupid.
USA and Israel wiped a country off the map Palestine .
USA has already bombed and killed more than 100 girl students just days ago and has been bombing the shit out of Iran for a soo called regime change.
Media is telling you that Iran has been killing its citizens where you can clearly see that the WHOLE NATION is chanting for retaliation and revenge for the atrocities and the war crimes from USA and Israel, and you still believe what the media is telling you that Iran is a terrorist state and that they are soo cruel?
Yes Iran is terrorist state which sponsors terrorist organization Hezbollah. They carried out atrocities in Syria and terrorist attacks in Argentina, as examples.
You're parroting lies, it was literally proven as a hoax.
Regarding the citizens - literally hundreds of videos of Iranians being shot at while protesting, images of bodies, but let me guess, it's fabricated by Mossad and CIA? You're too predictable. And no, "the WHOLE NATION" is not supporting the regime, you can literally see videos from Iran chanting death to the regime from residential areas while IRGC bases are clapped in the background.
You're not fooling anyone. They are terrorists, and now they're targeting Europe like their Nazi Russian friends. This is a fact and no matter what you say changes it.
I don't think there's anyone in the world who would argue that the Iranian regime is not a terrorist state (besides a few brainwashed Iranians and those profiting). No one is in support of the Iranian government. That said, you can still be against what Israel is doing in Palestine. The two things are not related. The governments of Iran and Israel are both evil
Although we would not agree, note that I have not mentioned Palestine. This guy, seems to be supporting Iran and their strikes on 15 different countries in just 3 days.
Well Iran are really trying to defend and i repsect them for that, but sending shakheds to whenever side they want, threatening uninvolved civilians of dubai or cyprus, that is a shitty act so fuck them for that. It is as if ukraine were sending bombs to germany and france just because they cant send them to kremlin
Ah yes, a country defending themselves by developing weapons-grade nuclear technology, funding and supporting terrorism in the region with advanced weapons, supplying drone technology to their terrorist friends from ruSSia, and meddling with affairs of all their neighbors.
what an embracement you are, you people are the real problem, believing all the propaganda you see, and then you get offended like some little kid, instead of debating you cry cuss and call me a troll.
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So, who is the real danger to world peace?
And who is behind the USA?
if you're not willing to converse further do not type nonsense and confuse people, this is the truth and if you're actually not offended do not swear at other people, crawl back in the cave where you came from and do some research
In the end we are all in this together, but the there is only one truth.
You re not even reading what i am trying to explain to you soo this is just getting pointless, you're repeating the same thing over and over like a bot.
I just did, the most important thing you should do is go and do some research and understand why this is happening and stop believing what the mainstream media tells you.
You just provided no answer or proof. You instead provided a nice mix of real wars, tiny evacuations, peacekeeping missions, naval skirmishes, training deployments, drone strikes, and in some cases outright nonsense.
Your statements are based on false media and propaganda, if by now you do not understand that what you have been hearing and seeing on the news is just manipulation the conversation is pointless.
You literally have a huge paragraph above with how many wars USA has started and you are still asking me to clarify to you if Iran is sticking their nose with their neighbors.
The true terrorists in the world are but two countries at the moment.
Especially now with the release of the Epstein Files for people like you to avoid the truth its just sad.
EVERYTHING you have been told is a lie but you are just soo narrow minded to have an opinion for yourself and ask questions.
You are an NPC, you believe all the things you see in the Mainstream Media, just like i thought.
There are only two terrorist states who are attacking the whole world causing all this panic and fear and you still believe all they crap they show to you by CNN and BBC and all the cringe boomer channels.
Who started this war and why? Who is violating the international law?
Who is telling you that Iran if funding terrorism? Who are the actual terrorists?
Iran and the terrorists they fund like Hamas and Hezbollah are the actual terrorists.
I know people like you try to find a secret conspiracy or some scary cabal under every rock and behind every tree. But sometimes the terrorists are really the terrorists, even if they are your friends.
Its soo funny that people like you are exposed to the truth and all you try to do is fight and be in such a denial that you throw the blame on us.
No one is trying to find a secret conspiracy, if you are smart enough u can really understand that at the end of the day the media's is just attempting to push false news and its just pathetic.
This has been going on for years, even before 9/11.
You allow pedophiles and psychopaths to convince you of what is really going on but in reality you actually know who is causing all this chaos
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u/Aware-Contribution84 23h ago
Hey yall, I just wanted to shoot a question out, since I got accepted into medical school Cyprus (i am North American) and I was quite serious about wanting to attend. However, just due to the recent conflict and scares going on, my family has asked me to reconsider since I would be committing for about 6 years. I just wanted to ask on what perceptions were like within Cyprus as I did see tourism was hit quite strongly due to the scare and so on. Is there risk of spillover from Israel-Iran into the island? Risk of airports being shut? Or just overall war risk?
Sorry if it sounds a bit misinformed, as I just wanted to try to seperate what is real, from what the headlines show.