Syria denies sending troops to Yemen

DUBAI: The Syrian Arab Republic’s foreign minister on Monday insisted that his country has no troops deployed in Yemen and was not planning on sending any, after Yemeni sources told AFP that Syrian soldiers were in Yemen.

“There is no deployment of troops to Yemen nor is there a plan for such deployment in the near future,” Asaad Al-Shaibani said during a press conference.

Al-Shaibani was speaking alongside his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi in Damascus, where the two ministers held the third session of the Syrian-Jordanian Higher Coordination Council, Syria’s state news agency SANA reported.

The talks were also attended by Syrian Defense Minister Maj. Gen. Murhaf Abu Qasra, the chiefs of staff and intelligence chiefs of both countries, and a number of military and security officials.