The projectile was shot down as it approached Turkish airspace through Syria, the countrys 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.
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.
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