Saudi Arabia has proposed a “NATO-like” military alliance of Islamic countries to fight terrorism, we learned.

The proposed alliance would not be against a particular country but would fight against terrorism and threats like Isis, Pakistani news channel Dunya News reported.

Pakistan has been tasked with developing the framework for the proposed military alliance of 34 Muslim-majority nations.

It comes as Pakistani Prime Minister Nawz Shareef and his army chief Gen. Raheel Shareef (unrelated) were in Saudi Arabia on a three-day visit to witness the end of an exercise. major military spouse.

Troops from 21 different countries participated in maneuvers in northern Saudi Arabia to better prepare for a terrorist attack.

It is not clear whether the alliance of Muslim nations will include Iran – the Shiite-dominated enemy of Saudi Arabia that recently saw the West’s economic sanctions against it lifted.

It comes as Israel is said to have quietly made overtures to Sunni Arab states to push for closer ties.

Tel Aviv hopes to counter the influence of Tehran – which has repeatedly threatened to attack Israel with the nuclear weapons it was developing, according to the Wall Street newspaper.

Many have criticized Saudi Arabia for alleged human rights violations in its proxy war with Iran for its dominance in the Middle East.

The Saudi-led military coalition waging war against Houthi rebels in Yemen killed 41 civilians in an airstrike on a market in Mastaba on Tuesday.

The World Health Organization has said more than 6,200 people have been killed in the conflict since March 2015 and the UN has warned of an “ongoing human catastrophe” in the country.

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was first adopted in 1949 as a means to combat the threat from the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War.