CNN: U.S. troops arrived in Turkey on Friday to man Patriot missile defense batteries near the Syrian border, Turkish state media said.
Meanwhile, Free Syrian Army fighters tried Friday for the third consecutive day to wrest control of a helicopter base from government forces.
If successful, the assault on Taftanaz Air Base in northern Syria would shut President Bashar al-Assad‘s military helicopter pads and diminish his ability to launch airstrikes in the region… (more)
EDITOR: The missle system gives NATO the potential for enforcing a ‘no fly zone’ of Syria.
