Turkey warned on Monday, November 12 of the risk of Syria using missiles with chemical weapons, The Financial Times reported. Turkish President Abdullah Gul in an interview raised the possibility of Damascus using chemical weapons against Turkey – a threat he said could be countered by NATO Patriot missiles. “It is known that Syria has chemical weapons and they have old Soviet delivery systems, so if there is in some eventuality some sort of madness in this respect and some action is taken, contingency planning has to be put in place and this is something NATO is doing,” he said. In comments that also highlighted the international concern that the Syrian war represents a growing risk to the broader region, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen vowed the alliance would “do what it takes” to protect Turkey.