Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has pledged to rid the world of Islamist terrorism as he launched a military alliance that critics fear will deepen rifts between the kingdom and its arch-rival Iran.
Mohammed bin Salman, the architect of an increasingly assertive regional policy, said on Sunday the new Islamic coalition signalled greater military, political and financial co-operation against terrorism after years of poor co-ordination among Muslim states.
“Today we began tracking down terrorism and we see its defeat in many countries of the world, especially in Islamic countries,” Prince Mohammed told an inaugural meeting of coalition defence ministers in Riyadh. “We will pursue it until it disappears completely from the surface of the earth.”
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