I’m sure that’s news to the Saudis.

(CNSNews.com) – Secretary of State John Kerry’s assertion Tuesday that no Saudis are fighting in Syria raised eyebrows, but the State Department said later the point he was making was that the kingdom is not actively involved in the conflict in the same way Iran is on the regime’s side.

“We do not believe it is appropriate for the Assad regime to have invited the Iranians and Hezbollah to cross international lines and to have their fighters on the ground,” Kerry said. “There are no United States fighters. There are no Saudi fighters. There are no Qatari fighters on the ground.”

Kerry was speaking in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, standing alongside his Saudi counterpart who repeatedly lashed out at President Bashar Assad’s regime and those supporting it, and insisted that the rebels must be armed.