Syria's foreign minister on Monday criticized neighboring Jordan, which recently stepped up airstrikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria, and said his country does not need outside help in battling militants.
Walid al-Moallem also told reporters that Damascus will not accept Jordanian or other foreign ground troops crossing into Syria to fight.
There has been no mention of any international troops offering to go into Syria to fight the Islamic State group. Jordan has, however, vowed to retaliate harshly for the slaying of one of its pilots, who was burned alive by the Islamic State group militants last week.
"We will not allow anyone to violate our national sovereignty and we do not need any ground troops to fight Daesh," al-Moallem said, using the Arabic acronym for the extremist group. "The Syrian Arab government is fully capable of fighting Daesh valiantly and we don't need any other troops."
Jordan is a member of a U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria. The Syrian government describes the airstrike campaign as illegitimate because it has not been coordinated with the Syrian government.