Ankara: Saudi jets today arrived at a Turkish base to join the air campaign against ISIS terrorists in Syria only hours before a ceasefire is to take force, local media reported.
Four F-15 jets landed at Incirlik air base in the Adana province in southern Turkey, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.
The base is already hosting US, British and French war planes taking part in the strikes against ISIS fighters in Syria.
The partial truce to end hostilities in Syria, brokered by Russia and the United States, is due to begin at midnight. The deal excludes the ISIS terrorist group and other extremists.
The two overwhelming Sunni Muslim powers, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, both see the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as essential to ending Syria's five-year civil war and are bitterly critical of Iran and Russia's support of the Syrian regime.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday said: "We have since the beginning argued for the necessity of ground operations and all kinds of strategic moves to be carried out in addition to the air campaign."
Four F-15 jets landed at Incirlik air base in the Adana province in southern Turkey, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.
The base is already hosting US, British and French war planes taking part in the strikes against ISIS fighters in Syria.
The partial truce to end hostilities in Syria, brokered by Russia and the United States, is due to begin at midnight. The deal excludes the ISIS terrorist group and other extremists.
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The two overwhelming Sunni Muslim powers, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, both see the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as essential to ending Syria's five-year civil war and are bitterly critical of Iran and Russia's support of the Syrian regime.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday said: "We have since the beginning argued for the necessity of ground operations and all kinds of strategic moves to be carried out in addition to the air campaign."
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