Turkish Protests Censure Patriot Missiles to Turkey

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A large number of people took to the streets in Antakya, Turkey on Sunday protesting the deployment of advanced NATO Patriot missiles near the Syrian border.
The rally demonstrated the arrival of 240 German troops to install the missile batteries in Turkey.

The demonstrators chanted slogans against the presence of foreign forces in their area, and held signs demanding "No to NATO, Patriot Missiles, and War against Syria".

The protesters accused Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government to be supporting the armed groups in Syria, reiterating that the deployment of Patriot missiles targets Syria, Iran, and Iraq.‏‏

The US and Germany will provide two Patriot batteries and 400 troopers each to man the missiles. The Netherlands will also dispatch 360 forces and two other batteries.
The batteries will be activated by February in Adana (Netherland's batteries), Kahramanmaras (German's batteries), and Gaziantep (US batteries) in the southeastern borders of Turkey.

Damascus slammed Turkey's deployment of Patriot missiles along the Syrian border, describing it as an act of provocation by Erdogan against Syria.

Source: News Agencies, edited by moqawama.org