The conflict is already edging closer to Europe after a drone struck Britain’s Akrotiri airbase in Cyprus, prompting Greece to announce it is sending two frigates and F-16 fighter jets to support the island’s defenses. In Brussels, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen convened an emergency meeting of the Commission’s Security College, calling diplomacy “the only lasting solution”. She also urged a halt to Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs and to its destabilizing regional activity. Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez separately condemned the operation as unilateral. Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz is due in Washington on Tuesday for talks with President Donald Trump.