{"id":21876,"date":"2015-12-15T03:41:42","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T03:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/saudi-arabia-forms-muslim-anti-terrorism\/"},"modified":"2015-12-15T03:41:22","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T03:41:22","slug":"saudi-arabia-forms-muslim-anti-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/saudi-arabia-forms-muslim-anti-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia forms Muslim ‘anti-terrorism’ coalition"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Alliance includes 34 mainly Muslim states but excludes regional rival Iran as well as Iraq and Syria.}<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia has formed a coalition of 34 mainly Muslim countries – including powers such as Egypt and Turkey – to coordinate a fight against “terrorist organisations”. <\/p>\n

The alliance was announced by Mohammed bin Salman, the country’s defence minister and deputy crown prince, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Arab countries such as Qatar and the UAE will join the coalition, as well as Middle Eastern, Asian, and African states, including Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia’s regional rival Iran and its allies Syria and Iraq, were excluded from the alliance despite the states sharing a common enemy in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.<\/p>\n

Bin Salman said the states would work together to target “any terrorist organisation, not just ISIL” in countries including Iraq, Syria. Libya, Egypt, and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Military operations would work in accordance with local laws and in cooperation with the international community, he added.<\/p>\n

In an earlier press statement issued by the Saudi Press Agency, officials said that the group would be led by Saudi Arabia, which would host a “joint operations centre to coordinate” efforts. <\/p>\n

ISIL threat<\/p>\n

Most of the countries in the coalition are currently involved in military operations against ISIL or have been targeted by the group.<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies have carried out air strikes against the fighters in Syria and were targeted by the group in Yemen, where they are involved in a separate war against Iran-backed Houthi rebels.<\/p>\n

In August, an ISIL suicide bomber killed 15 people, mainly special forces soldiers, at a mosque in Asir province bordering Yemen.<\/p>\n

ISIL has also targeted Saudi Arabia’s Shia minority, killing dozens in bomb attacks on mosques.<\/p>\n

Saudi authorities have carried out raids detaining hundreds of suspected ISIL members and sympathisers in response.<\/p>\n

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