RiyadhSyrian military trainers are now working inside Saudi Arabia.
Houthi missiles have hit Saudi airports and oil facilities since July.
Two Syrian sources say scores of personnel arrived in recent weeks, under a defence pact Syria signed with Riyadh on Wednesday.
A senior Syrian diplomat said talk of troop deployments is premature and the mission is training and advice.
Syria’s foreign minister says Damascus is studying entry into the Mecca defence pact, and Washington has urged caution.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 100+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story very differently.
- The New Arab
- frames the Syrian deployment through Syria's own denial that deployments are premature and its focus on internal security and reconstruction
- TASS
- notes Damascus may expand the deal to Mecca Agreement provisions and cites Axios on 10,000-20,000 Syrian troops for Yemen, which Syria denied
Sources: The New Arab, TASS