Reuters: Saudi says ready to take part in any U.S.-led ground operations in Syria
Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it was ready to participate in any ground operations in Syria if the U.S.-led alliance decides to start such operations, an adviser to the Saudi defence minister said.
"The kingdom is ready to participate in any ground operations that the coalition (against Islamic State) may agree to carry out in Syria," Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri, who is also the spokesman for the Saudi-led Arab coalition in Yemen, told the Saudi-owned al-Arabiya TV in an interview.
Asseri said Saudi Arabia had been an active member of the U.S.-led coalition that had been fighting Islamic State in Syria since 2014, and had carried out more than 190 aerial missions.
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WNU Editor: The possibility of Syria and its allies acquiescing to this Saudi offer is zero.
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Saudi Arabia ready to join anti-Islamic State ground op in Syria -- The Australian
Saudi official says kingdom ready to send troops to fight ISIS because airstrikes alone 'will not defeat' evil militants -- Daily Mail
Saudi Arabia offers up ground troops for Syrian civil war, if US will support them -- DW
Saudi: ready to join ground operation in Syria -- Al Arabiya
Saudi Ready To Send Ground Troops To Syria -- SKY News
Saudi Arabia ready to take part in any US-led ground operations in Syria – military spokesman -- RT
Update: Here’s What Would Happen if Saudi Arabia Deployed Troops to Syria (US News and World report).
6 comments:
WNU Editor,
Empty words. Saudi is already a "partner" in the military campaign against ISIS, they sent 4 F-15's with some Eurofighters as top cover, and flew a few sorties for the first two weeks, then went home.
They still kept their name on the letterhead though.
Saudi ground forces are getting curb stomped in Yemen, and have lost cities in Narjan province to the Ansruallah fighters.
The Saudi's are just making empty promises in the hopes they can sucker the US into a ground war in Syria, in the hopes of saving their pet Jihadi's from the R+6.
They also hope that this empty threat will have some impact on the so called "Peace Talks" in favour of their pet Jihadi's.
The R+6 is just going to ignore this empty threat in public, but in private, they are going to watch the Houthi vids and take vodka shots every time the Houthi's blow up a Saudi Abrahm's or LeClerk.
Yes.
USNWR: "I would consider any introduction of foreign ground troops [into Syria] to be destabilizing. You're pushing Saudi Arabian power closer and closer to Iran," Kinzer says.
Saudi Arabian power? I wouldn't worry about unreliable Saudi troops.
USNWR photo caption: Saudi troops ride in army vehicles on Nov. 10, 2009, in the southwestern province of Jizan near the border with Yemen.
Riding in vehicles doesn't win wars.
Oct 13, 2015 -- Houthi rebels have claimed that they have taken control of Saudi border town Jizan. Jizan, also spelt as Jazan, is a port city and the capital of Jizan region, which lies in the southwest corner of Saudi Arabia and directly north of the border with Yemen. According to Press TV, Houthi rebels, backed by Yemeni forces, took control of the village in Jizan region on Tuesday.
For videos on the Houthi's taking it to "Saudi troops" go here
They will carpool with the rebel army on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
They will carpool with the rebel army on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Why is it that I get a picture of Salman's boy standing in a mirror and punching himself in the face?
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