{"id":76209,"date":"2017-11-27T12:46:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T17:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=76209"},"modified":"2017-11-27T12:46:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T17:46:30","slug":"coalition-vows-to-wipe-terrorists-from-the-face-of-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=76209","title":{"rendered":"Coalition vows to wipe terrorists from the face of the Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to AFP<\/a>, forty-one defense ministers from Muslim countries met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia yesterday in order to begin coordination in their own war against terror. They were led by Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and defense minister and heir to the throne.<\/p>\n

The alliance groups largely, although not exclusively, Sunni-majority or Sunni-ruled countries.<\/p>\n

It excludes Saudi Arabia’s arch-rival, Shiite-dominated Iran, as well as Syria and Iraq, whose leaders have close ties to Tehran.<\/p>\n

Sunday’s meeting coincides with an escalation in tensions between Riyadh and Tehran, particularly over wars in Syria and Yemen and the political structure of multi-confessional Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of supporting armed groups across the Middle East, including Lebanon’s Shiite Hezbollah and Yemen’s Huthi rebels.<\/p>\n

“The pillar of this coalition is inclusion,” said Saudi General Abdulelah al-Saleh, the alliance’s acting secretary general, playing down the exclusion of the three countries.<\/p>\n

“Our common enemy is terrorism, not any religion, sect or race.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, they’re about sixteen years too late, but I guess late is better than never.<\/p>\n

The alliance was announced in 2015, it took two years to have their first meeting, so I’m thinking that not too much will come of this alliance, I hope I’m wrong. <\/p>\n

Since the alliance is mostly Sunni, they may have some short-term effect on Sunni al-Qaeda and Sunni ISIS, but the real threat in the region is Shi’ite Iran and their client Shi’ite Hezbollah. Freezing them out of the coalition doesn’t bode well for the whole process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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