Turkey agrees with the United States deploys US missile batteries on its border with Syria to address the increasingly frequent attacks jihadist group Islamic State (EI), he announced its Foreign Minister.
"We have reached an agreement to deploy the Turkish side of the border missile missiles, said Mevlüt Cavusoglu
This year about forty rockets fired from areas controlled by the EI Syria killed at least 17 civilians falling on the Turkish border town of Kilis (Southeast), according to the Turkish government.
On Sunday, a salvo of rockets caused two dead and 25 wounded in this city that is home to many Syrian refugees.
The HIMARS batteries can be deployed in different places due to their mobility and are very effective to have a range of 90 km compared to 40 km from the Turkish artillery bombarding the jihadist positions after every attack on its territory.