NATO intercepts Iranian missile over Turkish airspace

04/03/2026 newslab

Turkish soldier guard the border while Pro-Kurdish protesters gather on top of a hill as they try to march to the border zone with the Kurdish-controlled northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli. January 20, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Ensar Ozdemir)

The incident marks the first time that NATO member Turkey, Iran’s neighbor to the northwest, has been drawn into the expanding conflict between Iran and the US and Israel.

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