Saudi involvement in the Syrian civil war

[4] In December 2012, a new wave of weapons from foreign supporters were transferred to rebel forces via the Jordanian border in the country's south.

Bandar was described as "jetting from covert command centers near the Syrian front lines to the Élysée Palace in Paris and the Kremlin in Moscow, seeking to undermine the Assad regime."

[8] The Assyrian International News Agency reported that Saudi government also would be sending prisoners sentenced to death to fight in Syria.

It was part of the Saudi-backed Authenticity and Development Front in 2013–14,[18] which was considered to be moderate by Charles Lister (from Middle East Institute)[19] and the BBC.

[22] On 9 May 2016, a plan was reportedly proposed by the US, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar to have the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement form a "Northern Army".

[24] In 2015, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar received criticism from Western media for backing rebels associated with the Army of Conquest, which includes the al-Nusra front, an al-Qaeda affiliated group.

[26] In July 2017, an investigation by Dilyana Gaytandzhieva in Bulgarian daily newspaper Trud found that Azerbaijani state-owned Silk Way Airlines exploited a loophole in the international aviation and transport regulations to offer flights to arms manufacturers and private companies in 2016–17, with much of the cargo heading for Syria, and some ending up in the hands of ISIL and Kurdish fighters.

"[27][28][29] As of early 2018 after the election of US President Donald Trump and other opposition groups losing ground, Saudi Arabia began talks with Arab factions in the Syrian Democratic Forces.