Global Coalition against ISIS’s Chiefs of General Staff Meet in Saudi Arabia
Abdul Hadi Habtoor Asharq Al Awsat 15 January 2017
http://english.aawsat.com/2017/01/article55365592/global-coalition-isiss-chiefs-general-staff-meet-saudi-arabia

Riyadh – Saudi Arabia hosts in Riyadh on Sunday the general staff chiefs of
fourteen countries of the Global Coalition Against ISIS.

Representatives of Saudi Arabia, U.S., Jordan, UAE, Bahrain, Turkey,
Tunisia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco and Nigeria will
discuss approaches to enhance the efforts of the coalition to paralyze and
destroy ISIS capabilities.

On July 21, U.S. held the second ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition
with the participation of Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, Minister
of the Defense and deputy prime minister of Saudi Arabia.

Prince Mohammed also chaired the delegation to the Coalition meeting at the
NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on February 12, 2016.

General Abdulrahman bin Saleh al-Bunyan, chief of the general staff of Saudi
Arabia confirmed that Saudi Arabia is committed to supporting all
international efforts against terrorist organizations and groups that
threaten the security and safety of the region and the world.

Gen. Bunyan said that Saudi Arabia was one of the countries that suffered
most from terrorism. It had always been an ISIS target.

“But it had always reacted strongly and was ever more determined to continue
the fight against all forms of terrorism, taking all necessary measures and
working closely with Saudi Arabia’s coalition allies,” he added.

Saudi Arabia was one of the first countries to call for a coalition to fight
terrorism on all fronts: military, financially and intellectually.

Since the Global Coalition against ISIS was formed in September 2014, Saudi
Arabia has donated $500 million for relief efforts in Iraq, and has
participated in air strikes against ISIS and supported intelligence
operations with coalition partners.

The Coalition includes 68 countries working jointly to tackling ISIS. The
coalition is taking military action, targeting ISIS financial sources and
economic infrastructure, and preventing the flow of foreign terrorist
fighters across borders.