Reuters: Saudi Arabia says open to sending troops to Syria under wider coalition
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia would be prepared to send troops into Syria as part of the U.S.-led coalition if a decision was taken to widen it, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Tuesday.
“We are in discussion with the U.S. and have been since the beginning of the Syrian crisis about sending forces into Syria,” Jubeir told a news conference in Riyadh with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
He said Riyadh had expressed its readiness while Barack Obama was U.S. President to send ground forces into Syria if the United States were to add an on-the-ground component to the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State insurgents.
Jubeir was responding to a question about a Wall Street Journal report that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to assemble an Arab force to replace the U.S. military contingent in Syria.
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WNU Editor: As if there are enough foreign players having a direct role in Syria.
More News On Reports That Saudi Arabia Is Ready To Send Troops To Syria
Saudi in talks with US over troop deployment in Syria -- Al Jazeera
Saudis Weigh Offering Troops for Syria Force -- Wall Street Journal
Saudi Arabia says it's open to sending troops to Syria as US draws down -- Washington Post
Saudi Arabia reaffirms offer to deploy troops in Syria -- Middle East Monitor
US mulls military support in Syria from Arab allies -- DW
Trump asking Arab nations to replace US military in Syria after defeat of ISIS: report -- The Hill
White House is desperately trying to put together Arab force to take over from U.S. soldiers and Marines in Syria within months -- Daily Mail
3 comments:
This is important! It seems like all the worlds ills are playing out in Syria. Who would have guessed!? Kudo's to Suadi Arabia! Cheers.
They are currently fighting, and losing a war with the Houthis in Yemen. They might want to send them there. But the reality is they don't have troops, or an army or anything other than an internal constabulary.
Their "army" is in Pakistan. MBS is full of it, a clown-fraud and war criminal.
My question is were would they get the troops for this?Most of their best are stuck in Yemen if they send troops to Syria in anything more than a token size then they would basically be without any internal defence.Are the Saudis this desperate to stop Iran?
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