PHOTO: Several Arab nations are involved in the ongoing U.S.-led operation against ISIS targets in Syria, Centcom said. Centcom identified the nations as Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. ABC News
Airstrikes In Syria Against Islamic State Bring Together Persian Gulf Nations At Odds -- Washington Post
The four Persian Gulf nations whose warplanes flew in concert with U.S. jets over Syria this week have spent the past few years acting with far less harmony, riven by divergent approaches to address the growth of Islamist political movements in the Arab world.
The differences among the countries have grown so stark and acrimonious that earlier this year, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain withdrew their ambassadors from Qatar, which has funded Islamists across the region to the consternation of the other three nations. In the months that followed, they have continued to wage a proxy war of sorts in Egypt and Libya, where the UAE recently conducted airstrikes against rebels backed by Qatar.
Qatar’s neighbors accused it of bankrolling terrorists. Qataris accused their neighbors of supporting strongmen who subvert the will of the people.
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Update: Syria air strikes: Can Obama's Arab coalition hold? -- PJ Crowley, BBC
My Comment: This coalition will hold because the U.S. will be doing almost all (if not all) of the fighting. If the U.S. was not providing the necessary leadership .... this coalition would never have happened in the first place.
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