The United States as well as two other Nato members, the Netherlands and Germany, is to send two Patriot missile batteries to Turkey.<br /><br />While Patriot missile has long been a part of Turkey's defence plans, they hope that these new plans by the US and three other Nato members will bolster their efforts to ward off attacks from Syria.<br /><br />The move come as Russian officials denied that they think the Syrian opposition fighters might win the conflict.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Dominic Kane reports.
