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MowCowWhoHow III

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16. China says not planning to send military forces to Syria

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Wed Oct 14, 2015, 06:09 AM

Oct 2015

China said on Wednesday it had no plans to send its military to Syria to fight with Russian forces after reports in overseas media that it was planning to do so.

Chinese media has picked up Russian and Middle Eastern news reports that China would fight alongside Russia in Syria, and that China's sole aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, could participate too.

Chinese media has also described these reports as speculative nonsense.

"As far as I know there are no such plans," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a daily news briefing, when asked if China had or would send forces to Syria. "Recently, the Liaoning aircraft carrier went to carry out technical tests and military drills," she added, without elaborating.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/14/us-mideast-crisis-china-idUSKCN0S80W120151014?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

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Thousands of Iranian troops are now in Syria for ground offensives against insurgents [View all] MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2015 OP

I wonder If Saudi troops will join in daleo Oct 2015 #1

There are many, many Saudi Wahhabi'ist volunteers in there. N/t roamer65 Oct 2015 #7

Saudi will never join SereneG Oct 2015 #17

Agree on the world war concern, can you IMAGINE any con in the WH? randys1 Oct 2015 #2

This is where WW3 will start. roamer65 Oct 2015 #8

There's been decades of planning for ww3 by the military of all countries. bananas Oct 2015 #13

Note the media is too chicken to tell us the name of who controls allepo Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #3

No one faction controls Aleppo MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2015 #4

So the "rebel area" what's the name of that group. Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #5

It's a completely chaotic/fluid mix of nusra, fsa and intermediate jihadis MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2015 #6

Intermediate Jihadis? daleo Oct 2015 #9

Intermediate religious zealotry MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2015 #10

This has a walking into WW1 feel to it. neverforget Oct 2015 #11

Theodore Roosevelt knew WW1 was coming as early as 1910. roamer65 Oct 2015 #14

I say good. Let somebody elses kids die in this mess. CanonRay Oct 2015 #12

Iranian MPs arrive in Damascus before joint offensive MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2015 #15

China says not planning to send military forces to Syria MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2015 #16