UAE says ready to commit ground troops to Syria

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By Dylan Malyasov
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UAE says ready to commit troops to Syria

The United Arab Emirates has said it is ready to commit ground troops against extremists in Syria and described Russian airstrikes in the country as attacks on a “common enemy”

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