Bahrain is ready to commit ground troops to Syria as part of a US-led coalition against Islamic State, the Gulf island state said on Friday, a day after its larger neighbour and close ally Saudi Arabia announced a similar pledge.
Bahraini ambassador to Britain Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed al-Khalifa said in a statement that Bahrain would commit troops to operate ‘in concert with the Saudis’ under what he called the international coalition against terrorism .