NATO sending planes, ships to back EU migrant op
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance has agreed to back the European Union's anti-migrant smuggling operation in the Mediterranean Sea.
Stoltenberg told reporters Thursday that ships and aircraft will be deployed to help within two weeks.
Greece and Turkey will provide ships to help back up the EU's Operation Sophia. Greece, Italy, Spain and Turkey are to provide aircraft and Stoltenberg said that other non-NATO countries are considering a role.
The decision came during a two-day meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels.
