Turkey and Saudi Arabia unite for ground operation in Syria

Turkey and Saudi Arabia may launch a ground operation against the Islamic State (EI) in Syria, and the Wahhabi kingdom also send warplanes from a Turkish base to fight the extremists - announced on Saturday the Minister of Foreign Turkish Foreign .
"If there is a strategy (against EI), then Turkey and Saudi Arabia can enter into a ground operation," said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, quoted by the newspaper Yeni Safak and Haberturk, after attending the Munich Security Conference.
The foreign minister added that "Saudi Arabia also send planes to Turkey," the Incirlik base.
He explained that several Saudi officials visited the base and made a "recognition". "At the moment, it is unclear how many will come airplanes."
Incirlik longer serves for the coalition led by the United States against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. This base operating British planes, French and Americans to attack targets of EI in Syria.
According to the Turkish Foreign Minister, the Saudis said that "if necessary, may also send troops."
"Saudi Arabia is showing great determination to fight terrorism in Syria," he said.
Both Riyadh and Ankara consider as the departure of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, it is essential to end the civil war five years in the country. Accordingly, they did not fail to criticize the support of Iran and Russia to the Syrian regime.
Asked whether Saudi Arabia could send troops to cross the border with Turkey to Syria, Cavusoglu said, "This is something that can be desired, but there are no plans Saudi Arabia will send planes and said 'if the time comes. a ground operation, then we could send troops. ' "
- A relationship that goes beyond -
The Minister made these comments after the Syrian leader said in an interview with AFP that wants to regain all of Syria and will continue "fighting terrorism", a term the regime of language means any armed opposition.
Al-Assad himself said not rule out that Ankara and Riyadh is to launch a military intervention in Syria, although in this case has guaranteed that its armed forces "would face."
The relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia have intensified in recent months, after being damaged when Riyadh backed the State 2013 coup against Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, an ally of Ankara.
Turkey and Saudi Arabia support rebels fighting to overthrow Assad. Both countries now fear that the Western powers are losing the will to withdraw the Syrian president from power, saying it is "a lesser evil" against the Islamic state.
World powers said on Friday a plan to stop hostilities in Syria next week, but still there can be lots doubts about its viability, since it does not include the EI or the local branch of Al-Qaeda.
The International Support Group Soria, made up of 17 countries, including Turkey and Saudi Arabia also agreed to the immediate delivery of humanitarian aid.
Munich, where he is attending the annual security conference, US Secretary of State, John Kerry, criticized the majority of Russian air strikes in Syria are aimed at "legitimate opposition groups" and not against the Islamic State.
So, Kerry said, "it is crucial that Russia change targets" in its air campaign.
Lipe Lundorf