Germany has withdrawn its Patriot battery from Turkey

Germany has completed the withdrawal of its Patriot missile battery from Turkey with the last components loaded on ro-ro cargo ship Britannia Seaways on Dec. 22.

By Sivi Steys (Flickr: Patriot) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

On board the cargo ship that left İskenderun port are 250 Germany military personnel.

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