Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War

The United States on Feb. 10 denied that it was coordinating air strikes either directly or indirectly with the Syrian regime against Islamic militants and renewed calls for President Bashar al-Assad to go.
      
In an interview with the BBC, Assad said Damascus was being informed about the US-led coalition air strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Damascus receives "information" about air strikes by the US-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published on Feb. 10.
      
"Sometimes, they convey a message, a general message," he said in an interview with the BBC in Damascus.
      

Syria will not allow foreign ground troops on its territory to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said on Feb. 9.
      
Speaking at a news conference in Damascus, Muallem also said Jordan had not responded to a Syrian request to coordinate efforts against ISIL after the group killed a captured Jordanian pilot.
      

Jordan's King Abdullah vowed a "relentless" war against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on their own territory on Feb. 4 in response to a video published by the hard-line group showing a captured Jordanian air force pilot being burned alive in a cage.
   

Mete Yarar is a former member of the Turkish armed forces. As a member of the Special Forces Command, he was last on duty in Iraq, before leaving the army of his own will in 2004. Ever since, he has been working as a security consultant, and he frequently appears on television as a political and security expert.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Washington should pressure Turkey not to allow money and weapons into northern Syria, accusing Ankara and its president of backing ?terrorists.?

The United States has refuted speculation that suggested it is considering changes to its long-standing Syria policy of prioritizing the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The United States will send 400 troops to train moderate Syrian rebels this spring. Pentagon spokesman Maj. James Brindle confirmed the planned deployment early Jan. 16 morning. The U.S. plan was first reported by Defense One Jan. 15.

Negotiations between Turkey and the U.S. with regard to the anti-ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) coalition have reached a deadlock due to the wide gap between the two countries.

Syria has complained to the United Nations that U.S. Senator John McCain, former French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and former U.S. diplomat Peter Galbraith entered the country without visas in separate visits in violation of its sovereignty.