Saudi Arabia has acknowledged that the US-led anti-ISIS coalition has held a “political” discussion about a potential ground troop deployment in Syria. Riyadh’s statements have been criticized by Damascus as destructive and a threat to regional security. In an interview with Reuters, an aide to Saudi Arabia’s defense minister, Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri, confirmed that defense ministers... 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to Israeli ministers in Jerusalem on November 11, 2012 Israel has delayed a plan to launch a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip for at least a day amid Egyptian-mediated efforts to implement a ceasefire in the coastal sliver, Israeli media report. In an urgent Sunday night meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister of Military Affairs...