Air raid sirens were heard this morning at the Incirlik air base in Turkey, the Anadolu Agency reported, quoted by BTA.
AA recalls that since the beginning of the war against Iran, which began with the US-Israeli strikes on February 28, two ballistic missiles have been directed from Iran towards Turkey.
They were intercepted by NATO air defense assets. The alliance uses the Incirlik airbase.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Iran was not the source of the missiles that entered Turkish airspace.
The Turkish Ministry of National Defense announced on Monday that a ballistic missile launched from Iran and entered Turkish airspace was neutralized by NATO systems in the Eastern Mediterranean.
This is the second such incident in recent days, after the ministry announced on March 4 that it had intercepted an Iranian ballistic missile that had headed for Turkish airspace after flying over Iraqi and Syrian airspace. Iran then stated that the missile's target was not Turkey.
The Defense Ministry specified that some of the fragments of the missile launched by Iran fell near Gaziantep, southern Turkey. This happened on empty terrain and there were no casualties or injuries in the incident, the message published on the Ministry's social media accounts also states.
“Turkey attaches great importance to good neighborliness and stability in the region. But we emphasize once again that we will take decisive and unwavering steps against any threats aimed at our territory and airspace“, the Defense Ministry said.