Newspaper: Syria, Saudi Arabia discuss deploying thousands of fighters to Yemen

A Syrian military delegation has discussed, in Saudi Arabia, deploying about 10,000 Syrian fighters, and possibly foreign combatants, to Yemen to fight the Houthi movement, Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported, citing Yemeni sources. The delegation reportedly included Brigadier General Khaled Khattab, former commander of the Ansar al-Tawhid faction and head of the 82nd Division, and Brigadier General Haitham al-Ali, known as Abu Muslim, commander of the Third Corps and a former member of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham. Reuters and Axios reported on 7 October that Riyadh and Damascus had discussed sending Syrian forces to Yemen. Axios estimated the potential deployment at 10,000 to 20,000 fighters, with the 84th and 90th divisions among the options. However, Syrian presidential media adviser Ahmed Zaidan denied […]