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    Greg Palkot reports on conflict

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-- US patriot missiles go in operation today along Turkey's border with Syria Turkey is a NATO ally and Syrian shelling.

Has already killed several civilians -- but some fear.

This is a sign that the United States could be considering a larger role in the Syrian civil war.

Fox News is the only American TV network on the ground they're great -- Austrian -- at a US base in southern Turkey along the Syrian border Greg.

Hey -- yet today marks the highest profile involvement yet.

By the US in the Syrian conflict.

Just behind me beyond the gates at this Turkish military base we watched today ES US run patriot missiles went operational.

Some 400 soldiers from Oklahoma -- in Texas and elsewhere are now thirty miles away from something ugly is fighting happening in Syria the purpose we were told today purely defensive to protect this NATO ally symbolically however it is offensive it is -- -- force take a look at what we saw today.

This -- a launcher a patriot missile battery be manned by US soldiers here in Gaza into Turkey its aim is to shoot down any Syrian missiles coming over the border over the horizon.

Syria has those missiles it is using them the theory is that those missiles could be -- with chemical weapons it has those two.

Folks -- say they can handle that as well.

In fact as some of the folks are -- -- -- said about the US involvement here.

Syria said it only heightens that conflict Iran and Russia called a provocative.

Even in Turkey itself they are concerned.

That group which claimed responsibility for the attack on the US embassy in -- last Friday cited this deployment.

Others however saying the US is still not doing enough with over 60000 dead 700000.

Refugees they say the states is still standing a bit by the -- still.

As we saw last week without Israeli strike against targets inside Syria more and more this conflict is becoming a regional conflict.

And now some folks from the states.

Are involved.

Very close back to you Greg and I -- archive reporting live in Turkey near the Syrian border -- thank you.

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