Saudi newspapers highlighted in their editorials today a number of issues at local, regional and international arenas. Al-Jazeerah cast light on the defense ministers of the anti-ISIL international coalition meeting in the Belgium capital of Brussels to discuss developments and details that would enable the international forces to curb Daesh's military might, provided that, as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, put it, the war against Daesh should not strengthen Bashar Al-Assad's regime or weaken the Syrian moderate opposition. The paper reported that some circles were skeptical about the seriousness of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to send land troops to Syria to fight Daesh in areas like Al-Riqa, quoting them as considering repeated remarks by Saudi Arabia's foreign minister Adel Al-Jubeir as part of political propaganda. The paper said that such confusion on the Saudi well known role inside the Syrian territories is regrettable and causing upset. It raised a question that if it were not effective, why Iran, Al-Assad's regime and Hezbollah were not able to stop this announced participation, led by the U.S. --More
