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04 Mar 2026, 18:20 GMT+10
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 Trkiye'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.
Debris from the interceptor missile used to destroy the incoming projectile fell in the southern Turkish province of Hatay, although it inflicted no damage on the ground, the ministry noted.
"We urge all parties to refrain from taking steps that would lead to further spread of conflict in the region. We will continue to consult NATO and our other allies in this context," it added.
Ankara reserves the right to respond to "any hostile actions against our country" and will take every step necessary to "defend our territory and airspace," the ministry warned.
The Turkish military did not elaborate on where exactly the debris of the shot-down missile crashed or where the projectile was supposedly headed.
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