NATO intercepts ‘Iranian missile’ near Türkiye

The projectile was shot down as it approached Turkish airspace through Syria, the country’s Defense Ministry has said

NATO anti-aircraft systems in the Eastern Mediterranean have shot down an Iranian ballistic missile headed for Türkiye’s airspace, the country’s Defense Ministry has announced.

The projectile was detected traveling through Iraq and Syria and was destroyed in a “timely manner” by the US-led military bloc’s defenses, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

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