Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday that 34 nations have agreed to form a new "Islamic military alliance" to fight terrorism with a joint operations center based in the kingdom's capital, Riyadh.

The announcement published by the state-run Saudi Press Agency said the alliance will be Saudi-led and is being established because terrorism "should be fought by all means, and collaboration should be made to eliminate it".

The statement said Islam forbids "corruption and destruction in the world", and that terrorism constitutes "a serious violation of human dignity and rights, especially the right to life and the right to security."