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TEHRAN, September 16 - German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday said she could not rule out a longer-term deployment of German forces in the Middle East, amid a broader debate about a role for Germany in possible military action Syria.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Von der Leyen spoke during a visit to the Azraq air base in Jordan where some 300 German troops support a refueling plane and four Tornado warplanes that fly reconnaissance missions as part of U.S. led-coalition operations against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Reuters reported.
Asked if Germany needed a strategic base in the Middle East, von der Leyen said, "First we must bring this deployment to a successful end. I don't want to rule the idea out, let me put it this way."
Germany, under pressure from the United States to boost defense spending and take on more responsibility within NATO, did not take part in April military strikes by U.S., French and British forces on Syria.
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