US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter welcomed the Saudi offer to participate in ground operations in Syria.
Carter
said increased activity by other countries would make it easier for the
United States to accelerate its fight against ISIL.
"That kind of news is very welcome," he told reporters on Thursday.
Saudi
Arabia is deeply involved in neighbouring Yemen's civil war, where it
is fighting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels both on the ground and from the
air.
Saudi
Arabia and other Gulf countries have long viewed Iran as a regional
menace, and Riyadh and Tehran back opposite sides in the wars in Syria
and Yemen.
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