In the coming days, Syria is expected to send a force of 600 Syrian fighters to Saudi Arabia, who will be stationed along the border with Yemen and may participate in the fight against the Houthis, AP reports.
A Syrian official said Saudi Arabia insisted that the fighters be Syrian citizens and not foreign mercenaries who came to Syria during the civil war to join various opposition groups. The source added that a Syrian delegation led by Khaled Khatab, commander of Division 82, recently spent a two-week visit to Saudi Arabia.
Another source said that 36 soldiers from Syria visited the headquarters and operations center in Jeddah, where Saudi and Yemeni representatives work, and received briefings on various fronts and areas of operation. It was also reported that Syria has already sent "a small number of advisers" to Saudi Arabia to help train the Yemeni forces in the kingdom. Syrian sources said that a decision has already been made to join Syria in the Mecca Turkey-Saudi-Pakistan alliance, but it has not yet been officially announced.