Islamic military coalition
| Islamic Military Coalition IMCTC |
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 Member countries |
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| English name | Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition |
| French name | Coalition Islamique Militaire pour Combattre le Terrorisme |
| Seat of the organs | Riyadh , Saudi Arabia |
| Chair | Raheel Sharif |
| Member States | 34 |
| Official and working languages | |
| founding |
December 15, 2015 |
| imctc.org | |
The Islamic military coalition ( Islamic Counterterrorism Military Coalition , IMCTC ) was born on 15 December 2015 under the leadership of Saudi Arabia was founded. The aim of the military alliance, which initially consisted of 34 members, is to combat “all forms of terrorism ”. The association is based in Riyadh , the capital of Saudi Arabia.
background
Yemen has been in a civil war since 2004 ( Houthi conflict ). After the Houthi militias several provinces of the country had conquered and Aden , which by the Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansur Hadi threatened proclaimed interim capital to fall to the militias, reached on March 26, 2015 Saudi Arabia in the conflict and flew air strikes against the rebels.
As part of the civil war that broke out in Syria in 2011 , the Islamic State (IS) was able to conquer large areas of the country. a. Several NATO countries and Russia bombed targets in the areas occupied by IS and the Kurds in northern Syria also defended themselves against IS. Other states of Arabia (e.g. Bahrain against the Shiite opposition), North Africa (e.g. Egypt against the Muslim Brotherhood ) and the Middle East (e.g. Turkey against the Kurdish PKK ) carried out military actions in their countries or on their borders by.
In December 2015, for example, the Saudi Defense Minister and Prince Mohammed ibn Salman announced the merger of a total of 34 nations to “fight terror”.
Members
Most of the members are among a Muslim majority population. However, this does not apply to some African member countries such as Benin , Ivory Coast , Gabon and Togo . On the other hand, there are no major Islamic countries among the members, such as Indonesia , the most populous, and Algeria , the largest predominantly Islamic country. The Iraq and Iran , the only two countries with Shiite majority, the coalition also do not belong to.
The following 34 states were members of the Islamic military coalition from the beginning :
By May 2019, seven more countries joined the alliance:
See also
Web links
- Own website (English, French, Arabic)
Individual evidence
- ↑ imctc.org: French
- ↑ imctc.org: Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition
- ↑ a b Political Dealing with Saudi Arabia: Reliable or Risky? tagesschau.de , December 15, 2015, accessed on December 16, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Fight against Terror: Saudi Arabia forges Islamic anti-terror alliance. www.tt.com, December 15, 2015, accessed on March 11, 2020 .