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| Oman joins Saudi-led Islamic alliance against terror |
| 2016-12-29 |
| [Saudi Gazette] Oman has joined a Saudi-led coalition of Islamic countries to fight terrorism, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The sultanate announced its decision to join the 40-nation Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism in a letter delivered to Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense. The letter from the Omani Minister Responsible for Defense Affairs Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi was handed to the Deputy Crown Prince by Sayyid Ahmed Bin Hilal al-Busaidy, Oman’s ambassador to the Kingdom, in Riyadh on Wednesday. While lauding the Omani decision, Prince Muhammad appreciated the Omani leadership’s support to the Saudi efforts in leading the alliance. Saudi-led Islamic allianceOman is the last Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) country and the 41st Islamic country to join the alliance. Member countries include heavyweights in the Islamic world such as Pakistain, ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , Egypt and Malaysia. More than 10 other Islamic countries, including Indonesia, the most populous Moslem country, have expressed their support for the alliance. Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman announced the creation of the alliance on Dec. 15, 2015 in the wake of the growing threat of ISIS (the so-called IS) and other terrorist groups as well as Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... militias, posing a big threat to the region and the Islamic world as a whole. The alliance is based in a joint command center in Riyadh. |
| Posted by:Fred |