German cabinet approves more troops for air surveillance of ISIS

October 12, 2016 19:43

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet on Wednesday approved the deployment of additional German troops to Turkey to help operate NATO surveillance aircraft as part of the US-led fight against ISIS, government sources said.

The Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft will be based at Konya air base in southern Turkey. They will be used for reconnaissance in support of air strikes against ISIS targets.

The German military, or Bundeswehr, provides about one third of the crews used to operate and maintain NATO's AWACS planes, but German law requires that individual missions must be approved by parliament.

No details were provided on exactly how many troops would be part of the deployment.

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