German troops, who will operate NATO's Patriot air-defense systems deployed in Turkey, arrived in the Turkish southern province of Adana on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reported.
Nearly 240 German troops arrived at the Incirlik Air Base in Adana and they will proceed to Kahramanmaras province where German Patriot batteries are deployed.
The United States, Germany and the Netherlands, under Turkish request from NATO, each deploy two Patriot batteries in Turkey's southeastern region with the aim of boosting Turkey's air defense capabilities from any airborne attack from civil war-torn Syria.