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Saudi Arabia willing to send ground troops to Syria
After recent military gains by Assad forces, Gulf kingdom ready to put boots on the ground in Syria's escalating war.
06 Feb 2016 04:16 GMT
Saudi Arabia is prepared to deploy ground troops to Syria to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) if US-led coalition leaders agree to the offer.
Saudi's air force has targeted ISIL with air strikes since the campaign began in Syria in September 2014, but the Gulf kingdom is now ready to provide ground forces to defeat the armed group, a military spokesman said on Thursday.
"Today, the Saudi kingdom announced its readiness to participate with ground troops with the US-led coalition against ISIL, because we now have the experience in Yemen," Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri told Al Jazeera.
"We know that air strikes cannot be enough and that a ground operation is needed. We need to combine both to achieve better results on the ground."
Asseri didn't elaborate on how many soldiers the kingdom could send.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/0...042542486.html
After recent military gains by Assad forces, Gulf kingdom ready to put boots on the ground in Syria's escalating war.
06 Feb 2016 04:16 GMT
Saudi Arabia is prepared to deploy ground troops to Syria to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) if US-led coalition leaders agree to the offer.
Saudi's air force has targeted ISIL with air strikes since the campaign began in Syria in September 2014, but the Gulf kingdom is now ready to provide ground forces to defeat the armed group, a military spokesman said on Thursday.
"Today, the Saudi kingdom announced its readiness to participate with ground troops with the US-led coalition against ISIL, because we now have the experience in Yemen," Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri told Al Jazeera.
"We know that air strikes cannot be enough and that a ground operation is needed. We need to combine both to achieve better results on the ground."
Asseri didn't elaborate on how many soldiers the kingdom could send.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/0...042542486.html
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