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Maybe, most likely only in specific special operations. Assad won't do anything, otherwise he would be defending daesh thus admitting his alliance with them.
And certainly not Arabs, only Jordanians, the emiraties have already pulled out while the other arab members of the coalition don't want to get too involved (because they're- well, I'll just not say anything)
The problem with this coalition as I see it is that the genocidal maniac that is Al-Assad is left alone. As bad as Daesh are then Al-Asshead is the other side of the same coin. Or certainly from the same currency. Regardless of Daesh being the bigger threat for the region. Al-Assad was the one that used those same Islamists for years in nearby Iraq (before the civil war started) and he also released thousands of Islamists from his jails, including the current leader of Al-Nusra when the civil war started.
Assad regime released extremists from jail, says former intelligence official | The National
Assad Helped Build al-Qaeda In Syria - Business Insider
Syria's Assad accused of boosting al-Qaeda with secret oil deals - Telegraph
If you want to secure the pipes you have to take out all the sewer rats. Not half of them.
UAE has nothing to gain from doing airstrikes. USAF were already doing most of them. States are always looking out for their interests first before anything else. The gains for UAE by taking part in the coalition do not outweigh the potential negative consequences at all. One Daesh attack in Dubai could create havoc for the several billion dollar tourism sector in the UAE, business etc.
If we are brutally honest then Daesh has not attacked UAE or the GCC outside of 2-3 deadly attacks in KSA over a period of 2-3 years. Neither are they a military threat. Daesh is a Iraqi/Syrian phenomenon. Born and breed there. The only threat for the GCC are INTERNAL sleeper cells. Nobody takes it seriously when certain people talk about KSA being conquered by Daesh. They won't survive even if they tried to cross the Saudi Arabian-Iraqi border.
UAE's decision is understandable. Many objective observers are of the same opinion.
Also if we are extremely honest then Jordan would not have done those additional aerial bombardments had al-Kasasbeh not been killed by Daesh.
I support airstrikes against Daesh but airstrikes alone won't defeat them. Only weaken them severely. Troops on the ground are needed and if the international society want this to happen they should make a joint Western/regional force. No country outside of USA can do a difference on the ground alone without huge sacrifices. Nobody is ready for that. This is mainly a battle for the Iraqi army and FSA in Syria. Hard but that's the reality.
Also let's pretend that Daesh get defeated in 3 years time. Give it 5-6 years of wars, conflicts, bad regimes etc. in the region and a worse terrorist organization than Daesh will emerge. Then push the repeat button and the same story will be repeated time and time again.
The region is dominated by hotheads. Not cool heads. That's why there are so many problems. Among thousands of other reasons.
How can there be cooperation and solidarity when regimes and people do not even trust each other? Would this region be a mess if regimes and people could trust each other? Could reach political compromises in peace etc.? Were cool-headed? Of course not.