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| UAE ready to send troops to Syria under US leadership |
| 2016-02-08 |
| A senior official in the United Arab Emirates says the Persian Gulf state is ready to send troops to Syria to join a US-led campaign allegedly fighting Takfiri Daesh group. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said at a press conference in Abu Dhabi that "this has been our position throughout" as the UAE has been “frustrated at the slow pace .... of confronting Daesh." "We are not talking about thousands of troops but we are talking about troops on the ground that will lead the way ... that will support ... and I think our position remains the same and we will have to see how this progresses," he said, noting that the “US leadership” of the campaign is the UAE’s prerequisite. The announcement came after Saudi Arabia said on February 4 that it was ready to participate in any ground operations in Syria if the US-led coalition decides to start such operations. US State Department spokesman John Kirby welcomed the Saudi decision. Syrian Foreign Ministry Walid al-Muallem has said that any “ground intervention on Syrian territory without government authorization would amount to an aggression that must be resisted.” He has also warned that potential aggressors would return home in a “wooden coffin.” |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Both the UAE + KSA have now repor offered to send SPECOP units into Syria, as opposed to sending in massive ground or conventional forces in general or all-out mil intervention. The US is giving the KSA kudos for their new SPECOPS offer, + likely will do same to the UAE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-02-08 22:35 |