US to relocate two batteries from Qatar and Kuwait in order to protect Hashemite Kingdom, source claims
According to the report, the decision came
after Jordanian officials requested that the US assist in protecting and
securing the kingdom’s borders.
Citing a Jordanian source, the report also
claimed that the two Patriot missile batteries will be transferred from
Qatar and Kuwait.
Earlier this year, several Patriot batteries
were redeployed along the Turkey-Syria border after Ankara requested
protection from stray mortar shells.
On Wednesday, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
notified Congress that the Pentagon would send about 200 soldiers from
an Army headquarters unit to Jordan. Hagel explained that the troops
will assist efforts to contain violence along the Syrian border and plan
for any operations needed to ensure the containment of chemical
weapons.
Jordanian Information Minister Mohammed Momani confirmed that they would receive the 200 American troops.
“They will be here to bolster our training and
defense capabilities in light of the deterioration in Syria,” Momani
told The Associated Press.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
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