Saudi Arabia sends troops and fighter jets to military base in Turkey ahead of intervention against Isis in Syria | Middle East | News | The Independent

Saudi Arabia sends troops and fighter jets to military base in Turkey ahead of intervention against Isis in Syria | Middle East | News | The Independent

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Saudi Arabia is sending troops and fighter jets to Turkey's Incirlik military base ahead of a possible ground invasion of Syria.

The Turkish foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, confirmed the deployment in a statement to the Yeni Şafak newspaper on Saturday, days before a temporary ceasefire is due to come into force.

“Saudi Arabia declared its determination against Daesh (the Arabic term for Isis) by saying that they were ready to send both jets and troops,” he said.