Saudi Arabia interested in sending troops to Syria
Saudi Arabia wants to send troops to Syria as part of the international coalition. The United States discussed the issue with the United States. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Zubair said in a joint press conference with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres in Riyadh.
US President Donald Trump wants to form an Arab army. After this, the announcement came from Saudi Arabia.
On Tuesday, Adel Al-Zubair said that the proposal to deploy the army is not new. Saudi Arabia also gave the same proposal to former US President Barack Obama We have continued to discuss the matter with the United States. We have discussed this since the civil war started in Syria.
Earlier, in 2016, the Middle East-based militant was ready to send troops to Syria in a war against ISI, Saudi Arabia said.
Saudi Arabia has participated in the air strikes to defeat IS since early 2014. But the country had stopped deploying troops in the ground operation.
Earlier, the Wall Street Journal reported that US President Donald Trump wants to form an Arab army. The troops of Saudi Arabia and Emirates will also participate. Basically, he wanted to replace the US military in Syria.
But the new recruited National Security Advisor John Bolton hopes that Egypt will be included in this force.
But US security officials are very careful about Saudi plans. The Pentagon said there are two thousand US soldiers in Syria at the moment.
US, UK and France have launched missile strikes in the country last Friday on charges of chemical weapons attack against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's forces. According to the CNN news, three countries used the latest technology weapons in the attack. Missile missiles from US warships in the Red Sea. In addition, the US B-1 lancer used bomber flights. A source in the Pentagon said that 105 missile missiles were targeted at three locations in Syria. It includes at least 59 Tomahak missiles. Apart from this, B-1 lancer bombers were fired from the airplane with 19 standoff missiles.
US President Donald Trump has received support from most allies in the US-led missile attack in Syria. The reaction outside the world is also mixed. But the Arab world has been divided into the region in the region. Saudi Arabia's King Salman strongly condemned Iran's "terrorist activities" in the region.
Saudi Arabia and its allies are supporting the attack on Syria. But Iraq and Lebanon have condemned it. Outside the Arab world, the European Union (EU), NATO and other US allies have supported the Syrian attack.
However, Syrian ally Russia said that the attack on Syrian government in the fight against terrorism is very condemnable.
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