Turkey said on Monday that NATO air defences shot down a second ballistic missile fired from Iran into Turkish airspace.

Iranians are using a border crossing into Turkey as one of the only ways out during the war in Iran, with the country's airspace closed.

Turkey has said the munition was neutralized by "NATO air and missile defense assets deployed in the Eastern Mediterranean."

Iran maintains ties with a range of countries, including Turkey, India, Russia and China. Yet in this war, their support is mostly rhetoric.

A ballistic missile launched from Iran was neutralized by NATO defence systems while entering Turkish airspace, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said on Monday. In a statement on the platform X, the

Under relentless Israeli-US attack, Iran has bombarded US assets in the Gulf, but so far has not touched Turkey which would be a "high-cost strategic gamble" that could go disastrously wrong, analysts said.

Ankara said NATO defenses intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Iran that was heading toward Turkish airspace, as Turkish officials called for restraint amid rising regional tensions.

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.

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

Saudi Arabia intercepted dozens of drones entering its airspace, its defence ministry said Friday, as Iran continues carrying out attacks in the region in retaliation for the US-Israeli strikes amid the war nearing the two-week mark.