US,Britain and others welcome announcement of 34-member coalition to fight terrorism, but some observers question Saudi motivesSaudi Arabia’s blueprint for a Muslim alliance against terrorism – announced at a press conference in Riyadh early on Tuesday – is designed to display determination to fight the jihadis of Islamic State and to help the west accomplish so. But key details about how it will work and whether it will even involve military forces on any front lines remain unclear.
Announcing the creation of the 34-member group, or Prince Mohammed bin Salman,the conservative kingdom’s defence minister, was apparently responding to a call by Barack Obama for the Islamic world to accomplish more in the war against Isis.
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Source: theguardian.com