Ibhethri le-Patriot missile elimiswe esifundazweni esiseningizimu-mpumalanga yeGaziantep lizoshintshwa njengengxenye yezinqubo zokuzungeza, kusho uGeneral Staff waseTurkey namuhla.
Umkhumbi wase-US ophethe ibhethri elisha wafika e-İskenderun Port ngoNovemba 10, ngenkathi imishini emisha nezinto zokwakha zithunyelwa eGaziantep ngoNovemba 13, isimemezelo esifakwe kuwebhusayithi esemthethweni ye-Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) sathi, siphawula ukuthi ibhethri elicitshwayo lamanje le-Patriot lizothunyelwa emuva e-United States ngomhla ka-8 Dis.
"Abasebenzi kanye nemishini yamabhethri e-Patriot missile yase-US, eJalimane naseNetherlands emiswe ezweni lethu ishintshashintsha lapho kudingeka," kusho isimemezelo se-TSK.
igalikuni, ilungu le-NATO, linxuse umfelandawonye ngonyaka odlule ukuze uvikeleke umngcele wayo kunoma yiziphi izinsongo ezivela eSyria. I-Netherlands, iJalimane kanye ne-US athumele amabhethri emicibisholo ye-Patriot ezifundazweni eziseningizimu ye-Adana ne-Kahramanmaraş, kanye ne-Gaziantep, ngaphansi komyalo we-Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
igalikuni icele ukuvikelwa kubasekeli bayo be-NATO ngemuva kokuthi ibhomu elaqhunyiswa endaweni yaseSyria labulala izakhamuzi ezinhlanu zaseTurkey edolobheni elisemngceleni we-Akçakale ngo-Okthoba nyakenye.
Ekuqaleni yayisetshenziswa njenge-missile elwa nendiza, ama-Patriots namuhla asetshenziselwa ukuvikela indawo yomoya ngokuthola nokucekela phansi imicibisholo engenayo. Ama-Patriots athunyelwa ngemuva kwe-NATO kanye igalikuni usayine isivumelwano ngoJanuwari 12 nonyaka. igalikuni ngesonto eledlule icele i-NATO ukuthi yelule ukuthunyelwa kwemicibisholo ye-Patriot ngomunye unyaka.
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