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    From channelnewsasia.com

    Ankara on Monday (Mar 9) confirmed a second ballistic missile was shot down by NATO defences in Turkish airspace, as Washington urged all of its citizens to leave southeast Turkey over security concerns. Since the US-Israeli attacks began on Feb 28, Iran has retaliated with missile and drone strikes across the Middle East in a bid to hit US assets. So far, Türkiye appears to have been spared, despite the fact that US troops are stationed at several of its bases, one of which is the Incirlik airbase, which lies just outside the southern city of Adana. But on Monday, the US embassy in Türkiye said it had closed its ... (full story)

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