BEIRUT, November 9. /TASS/. Syria does not intend to send troops to Yemen to participate in the military conflict, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said.
"We have not entered into any agreements with the legitimate Yemeni government on the deployment of Syrian armed forces there," he said. "If we take such a step, it will not be done in secret."
On November 7, AFP quoted Yemeni sources as saying that thousands of Syrian military personnel were allegedly stationed in Yemen to participate in military operations against the Yemeni rebel movement Ansar Allah (the Houthis) on the side of the Saudi-backed government forces. A Syrian diplomatic source later told SANA agency that the deployment reports were not true.