20 nations join major military manoeuvre in Saudi Arabia

Feb 17, 2016, 03:33
20 nations join major military manoeuvre in Saudi Arabia

The kingdom announced the exercises through the official Saudi Press Agency, calling them "the largest and most important" military maneuvers in the region's history.

SPA announced that up to 20 countries will be involved in the military, these are the other members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and other countries such as Chad, Jordan, Senegal, Pakistan, Tunisia, Malaysia, Morocco, and Egypt.

Altogether, the exercises are created to be "a clear message to ... friends of the participating countries that Arab countries stand together as brothers to maintain peace and stability in the region", the statement continued.

Saudi Arabia has caused more than 2,800 civilian deaths since it launched a military offensive in Yemen against Houthi rebels last March.

USA defence secretary Ash Carter said on Friday he expected both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to send special operations forces to Syria to help local opposition fighters in their campaign to retake the city of Raqqa, ISIS' de facto capital in Syria.

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The NATO member is a key ally in the fight against IS and has opened up its air bases to the US and other members of the coalition.

Saudi Arabia and Turkey both see the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as essential for ending Syria's five-year civil war and are bitterly critical of Iran and Russia's support of the Syrian regime.

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia has confirmed deployment of warplanes to the Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey, claiming that the move was in line with the so-called fight against Daesh.

The exercises will be comprised of air, sea, and land forces, taking place in the north of the country.

An array of rebel groups backed by the United States, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have been losing ground.

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He stressed that Saudi had made its decision in coordination with the coalition and said that a ground operation was being planned.

"He should not have said that for a simple reason: If all he wants is a protracted war, he can carry out ground operations and anything else".

"Military experts will meet in the coming days to finalize the details, the task force and the role to be played by each country", he added.

The report follows another report by Al Jazeera that Turkish forces have already started shelling Kurdish-held areas in Syria, including an airbase, in the northern province of Aleppo, where Saudi is also opening a front against the Iran-backed Syrian regime.

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