Qatar to Send Troops to Syria if Saudi Arabia Asks
Qatar is ready to join ground operation against Islamic State in Syria if Saudi Arabia asks, the country’s Minister of State for Defense Khalid Al Attiyah announced, Sputnik News reports, referring to the London-based Arabic daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat.
Khalid Al Attiyah said that Qatari soldiers would fight "side by side" with their comrades from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates if "Riyadh asks them to’’, adding that Qatar is ready to engage in a ground operation to "defend the Syrian people."