CNN’s Arabic division in Dubai reports Saudi Arabia is planning to invade Syria and has mobilized 150,000 troops in the kingdom.
Two sources cited by CNN say “trainees” preparing for the effort are from Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Morocco, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Turkey. Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei will also participate.
The invasion scheduled for March will be led by the Saudis and Turks and will originate in Turkey, according to CNN.
Last week the US Defense boss Ash Carter said he welcomed a Saudi offer to participate in ground operations. “That kind of news is very welcome,” he told reporters while on a visit to Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.
Carter will meet in Brussels this week with the Saudis. The Saudis confirmed they will also be in Brussels to discuss details of the invasion.
Last week Saudi Brig. Gen. Ahmad Asiri told the United States his country is willing to send troops into Syria. On Friday Saudi officials announced the formation of the Sunni coalition and said military exercises will be held in preparation for an invasion.
Iran mocked the Saudi plan. “They claim they will send troops (to Syria), but I don’t think they will dare do so,” Maj. Gen. Ali Jafari told reporters in Tehran, according to Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency. “They have a classic army and history tells us such armies stand no chance in fighting irregular resistance forces.”
Middle East experts believe the move by Saudi Arabia is not about defeating the Islamic State but confronting Iran.
Iranian security and intelligence services are advising and assisting Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in his fight against US and Gulf Emirate proxies. In addition to sending the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and Quds Force to fight on the ground in Syria, Lebanese Hezbollah has taken on a direct combat role. Iraqi Shi‘a brigades are also involved in the fighting.
“Saudi Arabia’s strategic goals in Syria are very different from ours. And any new introduction of foreign ground troops into Syria would be greatly complicating efforts to focus attention on ISIS as the threat,” Stephen Kinzer, a senior fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs, told US News & World Report. “The Saudis know what their goal is. They want to overthrow Assad. Period.”
“I would consider any introduction of foreign ground troops [into Syria] to be destabilizing. You’re pushing Saudi Arabian power closer and closer to Iran,” Kinzer added. “That kind of ground deployment would certainly undermine the already weak efforts toward peaceful resolution of this conflict.”
Last week UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura postponed Syria peace talks brokered by the internationalist organization. The State Department has blamed Russia “in part” for the failure of the talks.
The proxy forces have refused to participate in talks unless the al-Assad government stops attempting to regain territory overtaken by al-Nusra, IS and other jihadist groups.
Arthur on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 6:18 pm
Its funny everyone is claiming obama is weak and we should go to war in the middle east but all of these video game player’s are not signing up to participate in t his conflict, they just want to stay home and play call of duty..
james on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 6:20 pm
why doesn’t turkey just send all the serian refugies to rushia so they can feed and protect them from there gov. and we’ll see how long the war will last. 2 million hungy people will change here minds
Abdellah-USA on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 6:25 pm
OHH arabia saudia becomes a super power. Fuck you sons of animals from a free Algerian
Peter pan on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 6:34 pm
When will the hatred end. I admit I’m ignorant of the politics behind all the suffering of the Syrian people but this bordering insanity
dn32844 on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 6:45 pm
Saudi Arabia is not even capable to clean up its own backyard let alone invading another states. They have been using mercenaries fro Africa fighting with Huthies in Yemen for a year but achieved nothing other than getting themselves in a quagmire.
true patriot on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 7:21 pm
randy, you are really a moron. I think it funny that only the Democrat Presidents are the ones that get something. You idiot!! Lets not forget who let all the top Saudi brass hop on a plane right after 9/11. I only wish you and the rest of your peanut brains right wing wack jobs would take advantage of Trumps billions and hop on a plane and show isis what you got. On second thought that would never happen. Trump whats everything for free(socialist) and you would have to grow a pair. P**sy !!
Zionism is a plague on humanity on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 7:52 pm
Who is ready to die for the Jewish bankers?
chuck on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 7:59 pm
I hope the Saudis still have their reverse lights on their tanks.
Clee on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 8:04 pm
Ah…the pale horse.
Ties on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 8:17 pm
Obama called for a court
The author of the petition insists on the Hague
On the White house website posted a petition calling for judge of U.S. President Barack Obama as “war criminal”. The text says that the trial should be held in the International criminal court in the Hague.
U.S. President Barack Obama. Photo: Mediterranean Sea Yin/Xinhua/ Global LookU.S. President Barack Obama. Photo: Mediterranean Sea Yin/Xinhua/ Global Look
In the opinion of the author, hiding behind the nickname TJ, the American leader is guilty of crimes committed not only against the citizens of the United States, but also around the world. “One of the worst prisons in history – Guantanamo continues to operate. Libya destroyed as a result of aggression of Obama” – confidently says the proposer of the motion.
Not have passed by his attention and actions of the United States in Syria. “Agents the Obama train, Finance and form terrorist groups that falsely calling them “moderate opposition”, which, among other things, has to do with “al-Qaeda” (banned in Russia) involved in crimes against the American people.”
The author of the petition believes that the secret service “24 hours a day” collecting personal data of citizens under the pretext of fighting terrorism, using electronic means to monitor politically unreliable people, breaking thus the rights of Americans to privacy.
The text of the address appeared on the website of the White house on 8 February. At the time of this writing, the petition has collected 1,177 signatures. In order for the instrument considered in the American administration, it must support 100 thousand people to 9 March
Dan Jones on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 8:26 pm
As if no one saw this coming….
More End Time News At:
http://www.shininginthedark.com/?page_id=4526
Mohamed on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 8:27 pm
These idiots looks scare while practicing life fire exercises …what a bunch of panzies.That’s why USA, Russia and every European country can come in and annihilate any of those armies. They are only good against civilians and committing terrorism against soft targets.
antonio on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 8:49 pm
the world is about to end
Ian Keith on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 9:18 pm
The world is going mad. However in my book any action that involves Moslems killing Moslems is good news in my book. Bring it on, let Islam destroy itself.
Apneaman on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 9:27 pm
Why did all these fucking idiots suddenly show up around here? Pro D day at remedial retard Jr high? At least boat and planty feel less alone now.
James on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 9:46 pm
Islamic state appears to be getting wat they want.If Saudi or Turkey conglomerate of many nations enter Syria Islamic State WILL HAVE THEIR VICTORY in that their prophecy of ARMAGEDDON WILL BE FULLFILLED ;THAT is THEIR ULTIMATE GOAL AND VICTORY.THEY WIN;ALL OTHERS LOSE!!!!Thanks goes to all you retards that do all the thinking and planning and implementations .These are those peple who are permanently endowed…tenured experts who always make the wrong decisions as proved by the outcomes of those decisions.The United States Government is on opiates.
James on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 9:50 pm
By the way;I hate false religion;only Truth itself is the Creators belief system.The truth is;man is a Beast;he does ten things the Creator hates.All of what mankind is falls short of his standards.There is a penalty for this.
porroous on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 10:05 pm
I wonder what Saudis are trying to accomplish here??
1- fight ISIS, their own proxy??
2- defeat Assad their unfriendly neighbor??
Saudis are the root of the problem in this region.
Chuck Lynch on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 10:30 pm
Carter approves of the Saudi invasion???
Doesn’t he realize they were not invited in by the lawful government of Syria…and that for them to invade would be a violation of international law…and punishable at Nuremburg II???
sidzepp on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 10:33 pm
Religion is the opiate of the people. When did the viewers of the 700 club show up here.
George on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 10:45 pm
Its interesting the article doesnt mention Russia and only Iran, as if its Iran/Hezbollah vs Saudi, Turkey etc. I hope Saudi and its crew have some kind of wisdom not to invade Syria, cause Russia dont play… period.
Boat on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 10:54 pm
apeman,
Pretty sure they came from Canada. Same type of thinking.
Boat on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 11:04 pm
Russia welcome to the new waves of suicide bombings. Putin, what did you really think you were going to gain by supporting Assad. You may be taking on the biggest bankroll since WWII.
As it is Russia is making big cuts in education, healthcare and food support. A new tax is comeing for fuel. These wars just bleed money and Syria, Iran and Russia just don’t have money to bleed.
norman on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 11:08 pm
Isn’t this like telling your teenager, we are going out tonight, you may have a few friends visit. Then returning home finding the police and 275 teenagers totally trashing your property? Is this the kids fault, or the parents?
Apneaman on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 11:09 pm
Boat, sorry. Even medically classified Canadian retards are no where near as imbecilic as the average American (you). Enjoy the rest of the collapse.
Truth Has A Liberal Bias on Tue, 9th Feb 2016 11:48 pm
Russians are a hard and ruthless people. Putin is a hard man. Battle tested. Yanks are fat, lazy, weak and intolerant of hardship. Their leaders are gullible and naive. Just look at the 2003 USA vs Iraq war, or as I like to call it “Irans greatest ever anti-armour weapons lab courtesy of the American tax payer”. Yanks just keep getting played. If you’d stop walking into punches you’d probably live longer.
JR on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 12:02 am
What the FUCK sending Malaysian troops to assist Saudi in their Syrian Agenda. Mother fucking King Salman can hire Kunta Kintes from Africa and not Malaysia. Don’t drag other countries into a conflict when Saudi don’t have Balls for fighting except fucking.
Saani on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 12:10 am
Saudis are giving the west the opportunity to destroy the relative peace that exist in the Islamic world.Instead of providing leadership for the rest of the Islamic world and a mediator of conflicts,they are leading in the destabilization of the region because of the toy plans they bought from america which they don’t even know how to use.i can’t believe how stupid these so called kings are.
GregT on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 12:24 am
“they are leading in the destabilization of the region because of the toy plans they bought from america”
Holy shit Saani, what rock have you been hiding under for the past several decades. Must be a really big rock somewhere in the US?
whereisthemoney on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 12:32 am
Why get all those countries involved? If Saudi Arabia and Turkey want to commit suicide, don’t drag others in with them. The U.S. better stay out of this because their involvement can lead to a World War and I don’t think we want that, do we?
ALDO on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 1:30 am
Saudis; Egyptian; Emirats; Turks; etc; etc; ready to invade Syria; I want to see that; when RUSIANS …… wipe them out; and When nukes eliminate terrorism from the face of the earth; and help those Muslims; BY EXPRESS CARGO REACH HEAVEN OR HELL…..HASTA LA VISTA….
Farukh Sheikh on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 2:40 am
State Department has once again accomplished to get Saudi’s to do what they want best for Israel’s interest in the middle east. Stroke of a Genius!!!!!
ghanbar on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 2:45 am
who is the supporter of the syrian terrorists ? who has equipped them ? ksa AND Turkey have from the beginning fed and suported these terrorists . Now that their illegal offsprings are being annihilated they see their fruit gone with the wind . They will fall in a ditch that will devour them . their tombs will be in syria as the historical Salman’s is .
theedrich on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 3:28 am
Hmmm. Araby & Co. about to invade Syria. Sounds a bit like the next stage of the U.S. establishment’s decision to decapitate Iraq, then Libya — all for highly “moral” and “humanitarian” reasons, of course. (Just ask peace-loving Senator John McCain, the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee and, of course, those super-holy Christian Zionists, all of whom will tell you how much we need a holy war against Assad.)
With each new tightening of the screw we are ratcheted that much closer to a major conflict. But then, as the famous German war theorist, Carl Philipp Gottlieb Claußwitz (1780-1831) (usually spelled Clausewitz) put it, the first casualty of war is truth. He also warned about the tendency of war to lead to reciprocal escalation (Wechselwirkungen der Eskalation), which leads to the totalization of war.
Despite denials from our glorious leaders, we seem to be witnessing just this kind of escalation. U.S. domestic politics — dominated as they are not only by the need to keep the populace defrauded, but also by foreign and economic elements, are driving us willy-nilly into a madness whose final consequences are impossible to predict.
The Saudis will almost certainly fail in their projected invasion. That will mean that the U.S. will have to “rescue” them. (Let us ignore for the moment the fact that Turkey, a current participant in the chaos, is primarily interested in committing another genocide — this time against the Kurds.) But smile and be happy, citizenry; ignore the fact that the D.C. demigods who seek world domination may destroy the world in order to save it.
thomas on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 3:31 am
the profecies must be fullfilled
read ISAIEH 17:1
jerry harshman on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 4:06 am
I think this is a Saudi bluff, but should it be real, Ash Carter is going to be in more trouble than he dreamed possible, along with Obama. Because as soon as the first Saudi troops cross into Syria, Russia is going to bomb them into oblivion, then what will Obama & Carter do, send U.S. planes to attack the Russian planes over Syria? That would be the beginning of WW3, & the destruction of the world. Obama & Carter are insane & so is Saudi Arabia, if they think Russia & Iran won’t attack them if they invade Syria. Stop & think Russia would like nothing better than to take Saudi Arabia out of the oil business.
Commenter on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 4:16 am
“trainees” preparing for the effort are from Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Morocco, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Turkey. Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei will also participate.”
wrong ! its led by the war-monger USA… Syria simply didn’t want bow the the US. Russia is a true gentleman helping a friend in need without asking for anything in return… Iraq; Egypt; Libya were peaceful countries until US invaded and set them up ! There was no ISIS before !
Commenter on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 4:19 am
Its time for North Korea; Iran; & China to help Russia and Syria !
Eddie on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 4:26 am
I think about the time will rescue the people of Syrian before Assad and the Russian destroy the country and kill a million civilian, Obama is watching the killing without having the heart to act to save the children of Syria. If Saudi and Turkey can’t help, then I wonder who will help the syrian .
larry on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 5:09 am
As long as i will not support another US war in the middle east. I will not also subscribe to the ideal of Obama sitting doing nothing when this mad man is on the lose killing hundreds or even thousands of people on daily bases in Syria. Obama needs to draw the red line between bombing the ISIS by Russia jet and bombing the civilian population and even bombing of the opposition that Obama claiming to be supporting. If Russia is bombing opposition to advance the Assad army that Putin is supporting, then let US and Others jets start bombing Assad army to advance the opposition they also claimed they are supporting very simple. If not let both side stay clear. I knew that Saudi and allied will still seek for US assistance in creating no flying zone when the real battle started and i will strongly recommend that Obama should obliged to do that. He doesn’t need to inform anybody to do that. After all Russia did not inform anybody before deploying his own jets.
Davy on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 6:50 am
“U.S., Russia Make Syria Diplomacy Push as Assad Gains Ground”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-10/u-s-russia-make-syria-cease-fire-push-as-assad-regains-ground
“U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov will meet with foreign ministers from Europe and the Middle East in Munich on Thursday”
“citing the risk that the country could break up.”
“Aleppo’s fall would be a serious blow to the rebels, according to Julian Barnes-Dacey, a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations.”
“It’s seen as the heart of what’s left of the rebel movement in terms of holding a major city without being infested by Islamic State,” Barnes-Dacey said from London. “If Assad can get that, then it’s hard to imagine the opposition surviving.”
“What they’re asking the Syrian opposition to do is surrender,” said Nadim Shehadi from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy who helped organize Syrian opposition meetings in 2011.”
“Beyond battlefield dynamics, negotiations between the Assad regime and the opposition will remain symbolic until the structural shift in the military balance on the ground,” Kamel wrote. “Pro-Assad parties want serious negotiations only when they have achieved significant military gains, likely closer to mid-2016.”
JuanP on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 6:54 am
I would like very much for the USA to openly join this war in a major way. Let’s put boots on the ground. We should send at least 250,000 soldiers and sailors. We should also invest trillions of dollars in this fight. It worked in Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, Lybia, and countless other places, so why not Syria.
The USA must send its troops and treasure to Syria to spread freedom and democracy. Long live the USA! I am completely in favor of the USA finishing off Syria, so then we can openly attack Venezuela and Iran and move on to China and Russia. It is time for Americans to start fighting like real men instead of promoting, financing, and arming terrorists to fight for them.
Do we have 250,000 really brave and smart men left in the USA? I don’t think so, but if we do, the best thing we can do to them is send them to Asia to fight and get maimed, killed, and mentally and physically disabled! What could possibly help the American people more?
JuanP on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 8:00 am
The terrorist sponsoring USA government and its minions are in a real hurry to get a ceasefire now that the Syrian government’s military is making advances every day. Didn’t hear a peep about a ceasefire from the American terrorists until they started getting the crap beat out of them on a daily basis.
Why would Syria stop now? They refuse to negotiate with terrorists, as they should. With the help of Russia, Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon, the Syrians are on the offensive, so it is time to kill terrorists, not let them rest. No negotiations until all the terrorists have been eliminated. What the USA wants to do is destroy and break these countries into pieces like Davy says.
I look forward to the day when the USA destroys itself to pieces. If there is one country in the world that needs and deserves to be divided into smaller pieces, that is the terrorist sponsoring USA.
mat rufino on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 9:43 am
i wonder what putin will say if they do invade
JuanP on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 10:10 am
Syrian army defending Aleppo, http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/syrian-army-not-attacking-aleppo-defending-it/ri12747
Saudi's = no stake in Syria. on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 10:24 am
The Saudi Kingdom must be feeling extremely threatened if they’re going to make this push. Hopefully Russia will hang around & have a field day when Saudi forces arrive to reinforce their jihadi infiltrators. & then may the Saudi kingdom swiftly fall.
OBAMA's RED LINE -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 10:33 am
Obama set up his “red line” based on chemical attacks knowing full well that it was going to be crossed by muslim brotherhood pal, Erdoghan.
Militants from Turkey bought the sarin in & unleashed it on east ghouta where a number of the victims had been people abducted by militants elsewhere in Syria.
All those trying to carve up Syria (internally & for ourtside interests) are complicit in getting innocents murdered.
shortonoil on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 10:44 am
“Why did all these fucking idiots suddenly show up around here?”
It is pretty apparent that the NSS (National Security State) is very interested in managing public opinion on this so called invasion. These are trolls, and most likely bots. It is like I mentioned previously the neocons are running out of time to get their WW III rolling. The next president, either Bernie or The Donald, are most likely going to eviscerate the DC war hounds. They will be a direct threat to their administrations. Expect a lot more of this kind of mindless propaganda. The NSS is obviously losing control, and they know it!
Boat on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 12:13 pm
threedrich
“ignore the fact that the D.C. demigods who seek world domination may destroy the world in order to save it”.
So the US dominates Japan, S Korea, Germany, Italy? These economic powerhouses do well on their own. The message should be clear. Focus on capitalism instead of fanaticism and your country is better off.
R.H. on Wed, 10th Feb 2016 12:14 pm
Don’t mind me, I’m just munching popcorn in my energy-independent house in the Rocky Mountains. HAVE FUN KIDS!