Daily Sabah:
he Patriot air defense system deployed in southern Turkey’s Incirlik Base can remain in the country for another six months in 2020 upon Ankara’s request, the Spanish defense minister said Friday during a NATO meeting in Brussels, despite previous speculations that Spain may withdraw the missiles over Turkey’s counterterrorism operation in northern Syria.
After the first day of the 2-day meeting in Brussels, Margarita Robles said that Patriot missiles and the related Spanish military personal can remain at the Incirlik military base located in southern Turkey’s Adana province, northwest of the Syrian border, as part of the continuing NATO mission.
The statement came after Turkey reached agreements with the United States and Russia to create the long-planned safe zone in northern Syria.
