The second Patriot system comes from NATO’s Allied Air Command in Ramstein, Germany, the Turkish Ministry of Defense said.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is increasing air defenses in southeast Turkey, where the US operates a key radar supporting the alliance’s ballistic missile shield.

Turkey deployed six F-16 fighter jets and air defence ​systems to northern Cyprus on Monday to boost the security of the Turkish ‌community, its defence ministry said, pledging to take further measures if needed because of the U.

NATO forces intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Iran and entering Turkish airspace, Turkey's Defense Ministry said on March 13 amid ongoing fighting in the Middle East. This marks the third such incident in recent days,

Turkey said on Thursday that it was closely following the actions of the Iranian Kurdish PJAK militant group, which it said threatened Iran's security and regional

By Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA, March 10 (Reuters) - Turkey said on Tuesday that a U.S. Patriot air defence system was deployed to its southeast, near a NATO radar base, as part of steps by the alliance to boost air defences in the face of missile threats from the Iran war.

A ballistic missile launched from Iran entered Turkish airspace on Monday and was shot down by NATO defenses, the Turkish defense ministry said in a statement. It was the second time in six days that Turkey announced the interception of a missile from Iran.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Friday that Iran’s missile volume is “down 90%” and that its on-way suicide drone attacks have decreased 95%.