Turkey said that NATO air defences ⁠destroyed ⁠an Iranian ballistic missile headed into Turkish ⁠airspace on Wednesday, marking the first time the alliance member has been drawn into the ​Middle East conflict and raising the possibility of a major expansion involving its bloc allies.

NATO air defenses shot down a missile launched from Iran on Wednesday, the Turkish defense ministry said. The missile was destroyed while passing through Iraqi and Syrian airspace and headed toward southern Turkey,

Turkey said that NATO air defences destroyed ‌an Iranian ballistic missile headed into Turkish airspace on Wednesday, marking the first time the alliance member has been drawn into the Middle East conflict and raising the possibility of a major expansion involving its bloc allies.

Chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst reports live from Tel Aviv, Israel, on the escalating conflict in the Middle East.

The U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran expanded into a wider international crisis on Wednesday after NATO air defenses shot down an Iranian ballistic missile headed toward Turkey, the United States sank an Iranian navy ship in international waters and several European nations deployed military assets to the region to protect their interests.

Iran war widened sharply on Wednesday after a U.S. ​submarine sank an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing at least 80 people, and NATO air defences destroyed an Iranian ballistic missile fired towards Turkey.

Turkey said that NATO air defenses destroyed an Iranian ballistic missile headed into Turkish airspace on Wednesday, marking the first time the alliance member has been drawn into the Middle East

Dubai/Jerusalem ― The powerful son of Iran's slain supreme leader emerged on Wednesday as a frontrunner to succeed him as the U.S. stepped up its military campaign against Tehran and NATO air defences destroyed a missile heading from Iran into Turkish airspace.