Turkey says Iranian missile over its airspace destroyed by Nato defences

Turkey says Iranian missile over its airspace destroyed by Nato defences Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 03/04/2026 - 14:40 Ankara warns it reserves the 'right to respond to any hostile actions' The southern Turkish port city of Iskenderun, in Hatay province, on 6 August 2022 (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP) Off Nato air defence systems have shot down an Iranian ballistic missile heading into Turkish airspace, the Turkish defence ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry said the missile had crossed Iraqi and Syrian airspace and was "neutralised in a timely manner" by Nato's air and missile defences deployed in the eastern Mediterranean. "The fragment of the missile that fell in Dortyol district of Hatay province has been identified as belonging to the air defence missile that intercepted the threat in the air," the ministry said.