Saudi Arabia Forms 34 Nation Islamic Alliance To Fight Terrorism

VOA: Saudi Arabia Announces 34-Nation Islamic Alliance Against Terrorism

Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday what it called a new Islamic military alliance made up of 34 countries to fight terrorism.

The state-run Saudi Press Agency published a statement saying the initiative will include an operations center in Riyadh to coordinate military operations.

The statement said terrorism is a "serious violation of human dignity and rights, especially the right to life and the right to security," and that "acts of corruption and terrorism cannot be justified in any way."

WNU Editor: These are the 34 nations that have joined this alliance .... Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Palestinians, Qatar, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

Update: Interestingly (but not surprising) .... Syria, Iraq, and Iran are not in this coalition.

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Saudi Arabia Unveils 'Islamic Military Alliance' Against Terrorism -- NBC
War on Isis: 34 Muslim nations join forces with military alliance to fight Daesh terrorism -- IBTimes
Saudis announce Muslim military coalition to fight terror -- Times of Israel
Saudi Arabia launches Islamic 'anti-terror' coalition -- Arutz Sheva
‘Islamic coalition against terrorism’: Saudi Arabia presents 34-state military block -- RT

Hat Tip to RRH for this story.