Trump Foreign Policy

NATO said alliance air defenses intercepted an Iranian ballistic missile that transited Iraqi and Syrian airspace en route to Turkish airspace, a strike the alliance conducted according to a senior NATO official; Turkish leaders warned of possible responses, and NATO publicly condemned Iran’s targeting of an ally and affirmed support for Ankara. The interception is part of a wider escalation—U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran and massive Iranian retaliatory drone‑and‑missile launches across the Gulf have caused civilian casualties and damage in the UAE and elsewhere, prompted hundreds of interceptions by regional air defenses, major airport closures and flight cancellations, diplomatic withdrawals, and international condemnation even as some nuclear talks in Geneva remain scheduled.