Dutch send Patriots to guard Turkey from Syria missile threat

VREDEPEEL, The Netherlands (Reuters) - Dozens of camouflaged military trucks streamed out of an army base in the southern Netherlands on Monday carrying Patriot missiles to defend Turkey from what the Dutch defence chief called the real threat of missile attack from Syria.

Five convoys totalling 160 vehicles ferried two Dutch Patriot missile batteries from an army base near Eindhoven to the port of Eemshaven, where they will be loaded onto a ship for a two-week voyage to Turkey.