Why pick on us? Cyprus perplexed by Hezbollah threats

There has been an exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel (AP)

Yiannis Kourtoglou and Marinos Meletiou

Cyprus reacted with incredulity on Thursday to warnings from Lebanon's Hezbollah that the island could be dragged into conflict if tensions with Israel blew up into a fully-fledged war.

The EU member state closest to the Middle East, Cyprus was caught off guard by comments from Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday that the island could be a target if it permitted Israel to use its military facilities in the event of an attack on Lebanon.

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