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Saudi Arabia is sending troops and fighter jets to a military base in Turkey ahead of a possible ground invasion of Syria for Islamic State terrorists, UK Independent reports.
The Turkish foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, confirmed the deployment in a statement to the Yeni Şafak newspaper on Saturday, days before a temporary ceasefire is due to come into force.
“Saudi Arabia declared its determination against Daesh (the Arabic term for Isis) by saying that they were ready to send both jets and troops,” he said.
He said planes and military personnel were being sent to Incirlik, in Adana near the Syrian border, but said numbers had not been confirmed.
In the wake of Saudi Arabia’s proposal to send in ground troops on Thursday, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev claimed the move could spark a new world war.
“A ground operation draws everyone taking part in it into a war,“ he told the Handelsblatt newspaper.
“The Americans and our Arab partners must consider whether or not they want a permanent war.”
The Turkish foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, confirmed the deployment in a statement to the Yeni Şafak newspaper on Saturday, days before a temporary ceasefire is due to come into force.
“Saudi Arabia declared its determination against Daesh (the Arabic term for Isis) by saying that they were ready to send both jets and troops,” he said.
He said planes and military personnel were being sent to Incirlik, in Adana near the Syrian border, but said numbers had not been confirmed.
In the wake of Saudi Arabia’s proposal to send in ground troops on Thursday, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev claimed the move could spark a new world war.
“A ground operation draws everyone taking part in it into a war,“ he told the Handelsblatt newspaper.
“The Americans and our Arab partners must consider whether or not they want a permanent war.”
