An American aircraft carrier that holds eight fighter bomber squadrons and 8,000 men arrived at the Syrian coast in the midst of a heavy storm, Russia Today reported Thursday.

An American aircraft carrier that holds eight fighter bomber squadrons and 8,000 men arrived at the Syrian coast in the midst of a heavy storm, Russia Today reported Thursday.

The USS Eisenhower arrived Wednesday, in indication to the US preparation for a potential ground intervention, according to the news agency.

The US administration has not announced any sort of American-led military intervention in the country, but US President Barak Obama had warned of such an action if Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad was using chemical weapons against the armed opposition groups.

RT pointed out that the US Navy aircraft carrier that has the capacity to hold thousands of men, is now stationed at the coast of Syria.

“We have (US) special operations forces at the right posture, they don’t have to be sent,” an unnamed US official told The Australian, which suggested that US military troops are already near Syria and ready to intervene in the conflict, if necessary.