Syrian rebels support airstrikes against Houthis

A number of Syrian opposition forces have come out publicly in support of the Saudi Arabia-led bombing campaign against the Houthis in Yemen.

The Syrian National Coalition, one of the country's most prominent opposition movements, urged the "expansion" of the campaign, calling for the creation of a strong coalition to get rid of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as well.

"The movement led by Saudi Arabia to protect Yemen is a just step and deterrent which paves the way for the formation of a front that will address the plans of the Iranian regime," they said in a statement.

Another group, Faylaq Al-Sham, a coalition of rebel groups, also came out in support of the bombings, attacking the Iranians as 'Zoroastrian'.

"In light of the vicious Zoroastrian attack on our Arab Islamic nation, and with the increase in the egregious Iranian interventions in the region...there was no choice but for our Arab Islamic world to put a stop to this interference and cut the path ahead of the Iranian ambition to expand and occupy of other countries," read a statement released on twitter.

The Saudi bombing "means an end to the expectation and patience of our [Arab Islamic] nation." 

"We in the Levantine Legion...thank Saudi Arabia for its role in guaranteeing the security of the region. We demand an expansion to the deterrent operations and an intensification of efforts to face this cancerous danger in the body of our nation"