ANKARA, March 13, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Sirens wailed early on Friday at Turkey's Incirlik airbase, a key NATO facility where US troops are stationed near the southern city of Adana, state news agency Anadolu reported. NATO had on Monday confirmed shooting down a second ballistic missile fired from Iran, prompting Ankara to warn Tehran against "provocative steps". Later that day, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian phoned Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan and denied the missile had been fired from Iran. On Tuesday, Turkey said a Patriot missile defence system was being deployed in Malatya as NATO "strengthened its air and missile defence measures". A day later, it said it had strengthened its "alliance-wide ballistic missile defence posture" without giving details.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha March 13, 2026 08:51 UTC