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Saturday, December 22, 2012

Syrian army 'continues to fire Scud missiles'

The Syrian military has continued to fire Scud-type missiles against anti-government forces, NATO's top official said, describing the move as an act of desperation of a regime nearing its end. Although none of the Syrian rockets hit Turkish territory, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Friday said the use of the medium-range ballistic rockets showed that NATO was justified in deploying six batteries of Patriot anti-missile systems in neighbouring Turkey. The US, Germany and the Netherlands will each provide two batteries of the US-built air defense systems to Turkey. Read more

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