FM: Foreign troops entering Syria would return ‘in coffins’

However, he was forced to adjourn by mid-week, after the opposition said there was no point negotiating while pro-government troops backed by Russian airstrikes escalated attacks and gained ground north of Aleppo, once Syria’s largest city.

Despite an increasingly strained relationship with the U.S.-especially over the nuclear deal with Iran, the Saudis’ strategic rival-the Kingdom is keen to do more to demonstrate its readiness to fight terrorism.

Both countries are committed to the removal of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and have grave doubts about the prospects for a political settlement of the crisis without further military pressure on Damascus.

“But what you might see is small numbers of ground troops and perhaps also special forces which would be there partly to make a symbolic point that Saudi Arabia is supporting the fight against ISIS”, she said, using another acronym for the Sunni extremists. Saudi Arabia and Bahrain had said that they were willing to join the fray but only if the ground operation was led by the United States-led coalition instigated the mission.

He said these were among growing signs of “hidden preparation of the Turkish armed forces for active actions on the territory of Syria“.

He says that Russia’s role won’t end until the defeat of the Islamic State, Jabhat al-Nusra and other groups tied to al-Qaida, which is in accordance with United Nations resolutions.

Walid al-Moallem’s comments capped a week that saw the collapse of the latest U.N-led Syria peace efforts and a Russian-backed Syrian government offensive near the city of Aleppo that sent thousands of residents fleeing toward Turkey. “This contradiction gives grounds for doubts, at least I think so, in the sincerity of the operation Saudi Arabia is speaking about”.

 Saudi Arabia is now also involved in the war in Yemen, where a coalition led by the conservative kingdom is battling Houthi rebels, also known as Ansarullah, and their allies, which include former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, still a pivotal power player in the country. The most important is that Russian Federation stop its military operation in support of the Syrian government, which has been making serious gains on the ground.

Brigardier General Ahmed Asiri told Dubai-based TV channel Al-Arabiya the country will commit ground troops to the conflict for the first time if its coalition partners agree during an upcoming meeting in Brussels. Therefore, the worldwide coalition grants it legal cover and represents an integrated system of thirteen states.

Turkey has been fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq for a while now; however it is not fighting the Syrian regime despite being enraged by it for the last five years.