Nato news conference on Turkey-Syria missile deployment

4 December 2012 Last updated at 11:08 ET Help

Nato ministers are expected to announce their agreement to a request from member state Turkey for support in defending its border as the crisis in neighbouring Syria continues.

Stray Syrian artillery shells have come across the border several times already, and the Turkish government, which firmly backs the Syrian opposition movement, says it fears worse could be to come.

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