Syria is preparing to send fighters to Saudi Arabia to deploy along its border and potentially help fight Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen, according to three officials who spoke to the Associated Press (AP), in a text published by The Hindu.

Syrian military advisers are already in the country, but no fighters have been sent to Yemen, according to a regional official and two Syrian officials.
One Syrian official said an initial force of about 600 special forces fighters is expected to be deployed in the coming week. A second official said 36 Syrian military officials visited a command and operations room in Jeddah staffed by Saudi and Yemeni officials and received briefings on the front lines.
An unnamed Syrian diplomatic official dismissed reports that Syrian forces were headed to Yemen and said the agreement with Saudi Arabia focuses on training and building military capabilities, as reported by the state-run SANA news agency on Saturday.
The AFP reported that thousands of Syrian troops were set to deploy to Saudi Arabia and Yemen, with hundreds already on the ground on both sides of the border. Charles Lister, director of the Syria program at the Middle East Institute, disputed that framing: Syrian Ministry of Defense personnel are in Saudi Arabia in advisory and logistics roles, primarily in drones, transport and surveillance, and not as combat troops.
Also according to the AP, Syrian officials say publicly that the country is discussing joining the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, signed in August by Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan, which commits the three to regard an attack against one as an attack on all three.