
The Kurdish Rudaw news agency reports that American Patriot missile batteries have been withdrawn from the Syrian border in southeastern Turkey. Their two-year deployment began in 2013, and was not renewed after it expired this month.
by John Hayward14 Oct 2015, 3:14 PM PST0

The United States has announced that its Patriot defensive missile batteries will be pulled from Turkey and “redeployed” to the U.S. this fall, ostensibly to receive “critical modernization upgrades” following a “review of global missile defense posture,” as the U.S. Embassy in Turkey put it.
by John Hayward17 Aug 2015, 10:20 PM PST0

Contents: Russian women increasingly marrying Chinese men; Germany ends its Patriot missile deployment in Turkey
by John J. Xenakis16 Aug 2015, 3:53 AM PST0