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Formation | December 15, 2015 |
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Type | Military alliance |
Legal status | Active |
Purpose | Anti-terrorism |
Headquarters | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
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Region | Muslim world |
Membership | 42
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Official language | Arabic, English, French |
Secretary-General of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition | Major General Mohammad bin Saeed Al-Moghedi |
Commander of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition | General Raheel Shareef[1] |
Website | www |
The Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) is an intergovernmental counter-terrorist military alliance between 42 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 42 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.[8][9] Most of its participants are members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.