Free Syrian Army fighters pose near a tank after they said they fought and defeated government troops at military base at the town of Atareb near Aleppo November 19, 2012. REUTERS/Omar Ezzdin/Shaam News Network/Handout
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria on Friday condemned Turkey's request for NATO to deploy Patriot defence missiles near their common border, calling it "provocative", after a spate of fighting there that has raised fears of the Syrian civil war embroiling the wider region.
In the first Syrian response to Ankara's request earlier this week, a ministry source told Syrian state television that Damascus would hold Turkey's prime minister responsible for increasing tensions along the frontier.
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