DAMASCUS: Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad is to make a rare speech Sunday as violence rages in a civil war the UN says has killed more than 60,000 people and as US missiles are deployed along the Turkish border.
The US military said deployment of Patriot missiles was to help Turkey defend itself against any threat from neighbouring Syria which is in the throes of a deadly 21-month civil war.
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