🇬🇷 🇨🇾 🇮🇷⚡️— Greece says it will send two frigates, 2 fighter jets to protect Cyprus after Iranian drone strikes.

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—🇧🇬/🇮🇱/🇺🇸 NEW: Police presence has been increased at sites linked to Israeli and American interests in Sofia, with authorities “actively coordinating with other institutions,” the Director of the Sofia Directorate of Interior said, citing the situation in the Middle East.

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—🇺🇸🇮🇱/🇮🇷 Serbia's Office for Public and Cultural Diplomacy: 'Belgrade is closely monitoring the security situation and will deploy Air Serbia aircrafts immediately once it is confirmed that passenger operations can be conducted without risk.'

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—🇷🇸/🇮🇱/🇮🇷/🇺🇸 NEW: President Aleksandar Vučić stated that Serbia supports peace and stability in the Middle East, full respect for the UN Charter, and all UN resolutions without selective interpretation, stressing that Belgrade has not taken sides in the conflict nor endorsed any military action.

➡️ He underlined that Serbia maintains close strategic relations with Israel and traditionally good ties with Iran, while seeking the strongest possible relations with the United States, particularly in energy, political dialogue, and economic cooperation.

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🇬🇷🇨🇾❌🇮🇷🇱🇧❗️ — BREAKING: According to Cypriot media, Greek Air Force F-16 fighter jets have deployed to Cyprus to assist British forces in countering Iranian or hezballah attacks.

—🇪🇺📞🇴🇲 NEW: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she spoke with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, condemning the Iranian attacks on Oman’s territory and expressing Europe’s full solidarity with Muscat.

➡️ She also praised Oman’s key role in indirect US–Iran talks and said the sultanate will remain central to efforts to stabilize the region and deepen EU–Gulf political dialogue in the coming weeks.

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—🇷🇸/🇦🇪 NEW: Serbian FM said 6,800 Serbian citizens currently reside in the UAE and conveyed Belgrade’s solidarity with Abu Dhabi after Iran’s recent missile strikes on the Gulf state.

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—🇷🇸🤝🇮🇱 NEW: Republika Srpska has reinforced security measures across the entity to ensure a rapid response to potential terrorist threats, with particular focus on the Jewish Cultural Center in Banja Luka and other Jewish community sites.
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—🇭🇷❌🇷🇸 NEW: Croatian Defence Minister warns that Serbia now fields “highly complex and expensive offensive systems” acquired over the past four to six years and says Zagreb must be ready “to protect our borders, living space, and people.”

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—🇭🇷/🇮🇶/🇱🇧 NEW: Croatian President Zoran Milanović has ordered the withdrawal of 7 Croatian soldiers from Iraq and 1 from Lebanon, instructing the Chief of the General Staff to begin the evacuation immediately amid heightened tensions over military action in Iran.

➡️ Milanović, who had already halted military cooperation between the Croatian Armed Forces and Israel last year, framed the move as a step to protect Croatian personnel and warned that unilateral use of force without a UN mandate threatens regional and European security.

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