Dutch Patriot Missiles on Way to Turkey

Patriot missile batteries from the Netherlands began their journey, to Turkey, on Monday.

They are heading there as part of a NATO agreement to defend Turkey, with six Patriot missile batteries.

Around four hundred Dutch troops will eventually be stationed in Adana, with their two batteries of Patriots.

A like number of Germans will be stationed at Kahramanmaras, with their two batteries.

An equal contingent from the US will be stationed at Gaziantep, and began to arrive on Friday.

The Netherlands plan on only having their troops there for a year, but the other two countries have set no time limit for how long their troops will stay in Turkey.