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A drone has crashed near the United States Embassy in Baghdad after the facility’s air defence system reportedly failed to intercept it, according to emerging footage circulating online.

Turkish defence companies have inked $6.5 billion in contracts to strengthen and advance Türkiye’s integrated, multi-layered ‘Steel Dome’ air defence system, the Turkish Defence Industries Presidency (SSB) announced.

Greece is accelerating efforts to build a robust home-grown defence industry, propelled by the success of its domestically developed anti-drone system, Centauros.

Italy will likely send a second SAMP/T air defence system to Ukraine, a source close to the matter told Reuters on Monday, responding to Kyiv's demands for greater help to fend off Russian missile attacks, News.az reports citing Reuters.