US should use Patriot missiles to protects Syrian rebels, says opposition leader

Syrian National Coalition leader Moaz Alkhatib speaks to the media

Sami Aboudi and Yara Bayoumy

A SYRIAN opposition leader, taking Syria's seat at an Arab summit for the first today, said the United States should use Patriot missiles to protect rebel-held areas from President Bashar al-Assad's airpower.

Moaz Alkhatib said he had asked U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for U.S. forces to help defend rebel-controlled northern parts of Syria with Patriot surface-to-air missiles.