Turkish air force in joint exercises with Saudi Arabia: Army

The US has long supported the YPG, considering them critical “boots on the ground” against ISIS.

“It is quite clear to Syrian people that terrorist groups are backed by a number of regional and trans-regional countries, among which is Saudi Arabia”, he added.

“Nato has done nothing to help Turkey, a member state, in protecting its borders”, says Khawaji.

“Any scenario is linked to the will of the United States to be engaged in a war in Syria”. The proxy war (under the formal banner of the “war on terrorism”) has reached its climax.

What is the significance of this statement?

The Syrian government has gained much progress in its offensives against rebels since Russian Federation launched airstrikes to eliminate the IS last September, but possible ground operations by Saudi Arabia and Turkey send a risky message.

Iranian mourners carry the coffin of Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Allahdadi, a commander of the Islamic republic’s Revolutionary Guards killed in an Israeli air strike on the weekend on Syria, during his funeral procession in Tehran on January 21, 2015.

As Saudi and Turkish authorities deferred to the U.S.-led coalition, Syria’s ambassador to Russian Federation attacked both Sunni Muslim-dominated countries, accusing them of trying to aid the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, and promising that Syrian forces would fight them off if they enter the conflict.

“Today, with the victories of the Syrian army and the popular forces, they want to send troops to Syria, but it is a bluff and a psychological war”, Gen. Jazayeri added.

Saudi Arabia’s deployment could put Thursday’s announcement of a potential ceasefire in Syria in jeopardy. It was meant to plan the next phase of the war on Syria.

Mr Erdogan is frustrated and angry, and he now has an equally reckless ally in Prince Muhammad bin Salman, the Saudi deputy Crown Prince and defence minister. The agreement also calls for a cessation of hostilities within a week. Neither the United States nor any Western nation is part of the event.

That makes Turkey the third country expressing interests in participating in ground battles in Syria.

Saudi Arabia is now fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.

“Saudi Arabia has asked Syrian opposition associated and not-associated with al-Qaeda not to waive any proposition in the Geneva negotiations and not to hand over any city in Syria without fighting”. Al-Jubeir said the timing of the mission or size of troops has yet to be worked out. The U.S.is sending the Awacs aircraft because any U.S direct intervention on the ground is totally excluded.