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Syria Preparing to Send Troops to Saudi Arabia

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Syria has agreed to send troops to Saudi Arabia to support its conflict against Houthi rebels along the Yemen border.

Syria agreed to send troops to Saudi Arabia to be deployed along the Yemen border against Houthi rebels.
Syrian military advisors have already traveled to Saudi Arabia.
No combat forces have been deployed to Yemen yet, and Saudi authorities declined to comment.
Nearly 600 Syrian special forces fighters are expected to move to Saudi Arabia in the first phase next week.
Only Syrian citizens are permitted to be sent, excluding foreign fighters from the Syrian civil war.
A Syrian delegation led by 82nd Division commander Khalid Khattab recently visited Saudi Arabia for two weeks.
A group of 36 Syrian military officers visited a joint Saudi-Yemeni command and operations center in Jeddah.
A small number of Syrian military advisors are already in Saudi Arabia training Yemeni forces.