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Rubio spoke with Turkish foreign minister and pledged full US support, State Department says

AL-Monitor
Mar 4, 2026
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters, on the day of classified briefings for the full U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on the situation in Iran, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 3, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters, on the day of classified briefings for the full U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on the situation in Iran, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 3, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz — Elizabeth Frantz

March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday and pledged Washington's full support following missile attacks from Iran, the U.S. State Department said.

Turkey on Wednesday said that NATO air defenses destroyed an Iranian ballistic missile headed into Turkish airspace.

Rubio told Fidan that "the attacks on Turkey’s sovereign territory were unacceptable and pledged full support from the United States," the State Department said in a statement.

(Reporting by David Ljunggrenl; Writing by Christian Martinez)