Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition

Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition
التحالف الإسلامي العسكري لمحاربة الإرهاب
FormationDecember 15, 2015 (2015-12-15)
TypeMilitary alliance
Legal statusActive
PurposeAnti-terrorism
HeadquartersRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Location
Region
Muslim world
Membership
42
Official language
Arabic, English, French
Secretary-General of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition
Major General Mohammad bin Saeed Al-Moghedi
Military-Commander in the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition
General Raheel Shareef[1]
Websitewww.imctc.org/en/

The Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) is an intergovernmental counter-terrorist military alliance between 41 member states in the Muslim world, united around the war against the Islamic State and other counter-terrorist activities.[2][3] Its creation was first announced by Saudi Arabian defence minister Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud, on 15 December 2015.[4][5] The alliance was to have a joint operations center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[6]

When the coalition was announced there were 34 members. Additional countries joined and the number of members reached 41 when Kenya joined on 1 September 2022.[7] On 6 January 2017, the Former Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan General Raheel Sharif was named the IMCTC's first commander-in-chief.[8][9] Most of its participants are members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

  1. ^ "Military Commander". Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Joint statement on formation of Islamic military alliance to fight terrorism". Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Islamic military coalition holds first meeting in Riyadh". Gulf News. 27 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Saudi Arabia Unveils 34-Country 'Islamic Military Alliance'". NBC News. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  5. ^ DeYoung, Karen (2015-12-15). "Saudi Arabia launches 'Islamic military alliance' to combat terrorism". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
  6. ^ Oliver Miles (16 December 2015). "Is Saudi Arabia's anti-terrorist alliance real?". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  7. ^ Cafiero, Giorgio (5 January 2017). "Why did Oman join Saudi Arabia's anti-terrorism alliance?". Al Monitor. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Defence minister confirms Raheel Sharif's appointment to Islamic military alliance". Geo News. January 6, 2017. Archived from the original on Nov 29, 2023.
  9. ^ PTI (8 Jan 2017). "Pak's Raheel Sharif appointed chief of Saudi-led military coalition". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 14 April 2018.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · View on Wikipedia

Developed by Nelliwinne