Athens deployed Patriot missiles on Karpathos, an island near the Turkish coast and off the coast of Crete, which hosts a critical US military base. In addition, Greece has sent four F‑16 fighter jets and two frigates to Cyprus.

The U.S. shot down an Iranian missile that was heading toward an important Turkish military base that hosts American forces, according to a U.S. official and a regional official. The Turkish Defense Ministry said earlier that NATO forces shot down the missile as it headed toward Turkish airspace.

Turkey's expansion into Africa through commerce including military sales reportedly challenges U.S. interests as ongoing conflicts create new opportunities for Ankara.

A Turkish military plane crashed shortly after take-off on Wednesday, Nov. 12, killing all military personnel and crew on board The crash took place near the Azerbaijan-Georgia border, and footage of the incident shows the plane spiraling through the sky ...

The United States has reportedly begun using Turkish airspace to monitor Iranian military activity, signaling a possible escalation in the regional standoff. An American AWACS surveillance aircraft flying from Turkey tracked Iranian movements along its western frontier,

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The BBC's James Waterhouse speaks to fleeing Iranians as the war spreads ever further. (Image: Reuters)

The tempo of the strikes on Iran was so intense that state television announced the mourning ceremony for Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , who was killed at the start of the conflict, would be postponed.