Saudi Arabia Ask Pakistan for Sending Ground Troops to Yemen

Thu Mar 26, 2015 13:35:25

Pakistan is considering a request from Saudi Arabia for troops to send to Yemen, the foreign office said on Thursday, Reuters reports.

"We have been contacted by Saudi Arabia," said spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam in response to a question about whether Pakistan would send troops. "The matter is being examined."

Saudi Arabia and Persian Gulf region allies launched military operations including air strikes in Yemen on Thursday which killed and wounded many and cause so much civilian destruction. Saudi officials said, aim is counter Ansarullah besieging the southern city of Aden, where the U.S.-supported Yemeni president had taken refuge.

Media reporting that the kingdom was contributing as many as 150,000 troops and 100 warplanes to the operations and that allies Egypt, Jordan, Sudan and Pakistan were ready to take part in a ground offensive in Yemen.

Former President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has recently called on his allies for help. Up to ten countries appear to be participating including the US with logistical and intelligence support.

Saudi warplanes bombed Huthis in Yemen, launching a military intervention by a 10-nation coalition to defend of former President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.

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