Syria weighs military aid for Saudi Arabia amid Yemen war: Report
The move could send 10,000 to 20,000 troops and deepen Syria’s ties with Saudi Arabia, U.S. officials said.
- On Tuesday, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh to discuss potential military support against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, with Syria considering deploying up to 20,000 troops.
- Saudi Arabia requested the assistance to bolster Yemeni forces fighting the Houthis, who control the capital Sanaa, while Sharaa is keen to demonstrate support for MBS, who brokered his 2025 meeting with President Donald Trump.
- Damascus faces risks, as the state prioritizes recovery from the 14-year civil war; officials fear religious tensions between the Syrian army and Houthis could invite backlash from Iran and its allies Hezbollah in Lebanon.
- Options range from defensive aid to offensive deployment, with a Syrian diplomat stating any cooperation would occur "exclusively through official channels and within the framework of the bilateral agreements governing relations between our two brotherly countries."
- H.A. Hellyer, a senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London, noted that sending small-scale defensive personnel "would be tremendously and positively symbolic," though "Syrian boots on the ground" would be a "wholly different proposition.
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Syria is considering providing military support to Saudi Arabia in its fight against Houthi rebels in Yemen, including sending troops, a US official and a Syrian defense official said. The possibility of direct involvement of Syrian forces comes at a time when the Iran-aligned Houthis have stepped up missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia. Attacks on Saudi airports have killed three people this week alone. An attack on Riyadh airport killed o…
Following Pakistan and Turkey, Syria is reportedly considering providing troop support to Saudi Arabia. It appears that countries around the Middle East are jumping into the civil war between the Saudi-led Yemeni government forces coalition and the pro-Iranian Houthi rebels. On the 7th (local time), Axios, citing a U.S. official, reported that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
The Syrian government, controlled by the jihadist HTS group, denied claims that it would join the "war in Yemen," where clashes are taking place between government-backed forces and the Iranian-backed Houthis.
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