Saudi Ready to Join Anti-’ISIS’ Ops on Syrian Ground
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Saudi Brigadier General Ahmed al-Assiri, said the Kingdom is ready to join any ground operation decided by the US-led coalition against "ISIS" in Syria.
"If there is any willingness in the coalition to go in the ground operation, we will contribute positively in that," al-Assiri stated.
Al-Assiri is spokesman for a separate Saudi-led Arab coalition which, since March, has conducted air strikes and ground operations against Yemen.
"If there was a consensus from the leadership of the coalition, the kingdom is willing to participate in these efforts because we believe that aerial operations are not the ideal solution and there must be a twin mix of aerial and ground operations," according to al-Assiri.
For his part, US State Department spokesman, John Kirby, when asked to comment on the Saudi proposal, said he had not yet seen it, but stressed that the coalition is generally supportive of having partners who contribute more in the fight against "ISIS".
The US-led coalition has been carrying out air strikes against "ISIS" since mid-2014.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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