Jordan urges support of Egypt in face of militants

King Abdullah II underlined the importance of offering support to Egypt in facing terrorism, especially in Sinai.

In an interview with CNN, he called for adopting a comprehensive strategy to fight terrorist groups.

"This has to be unified. I mean, I've said this to leaders both in the Islamic and Arab world and to the world in general, this is a third World War by other means, this brings Muslims, Christians, other religions together in this generational fight that all of us have to be in this together. So it's not a Western fight. This is a fight inside of Islam where everybody comes together against these outlaws, so to speak, together. "

As for the Syrian crisis, he said "there's the issue of dealing with the regime, and there's the issue of dealing with Daesh. We have always believed in Jordan that there has to be a political solution for Syria. What has taken prominence at the moment is Daesh, at this stage."

"We believe that there has to be a political solution that brings sort of the moderate forces and the regime to the table because there is this bigger problem. That has not been clarified at the moment. So, coalition, Arab-Muslim-Western, so to speak, can only do so much in Syria against Daesh. But at the end of the day, it's got to be the Syrians themselves, especially when you want to reach the heartland of Daesh, which is Raqqa up in the north.

"But at the same time, when you look at Syria and you look at also Iraq, it's the integrity of, and the sovereignty of those countries. It has to be the Syrians dealing with their issues and the Iraqis dealing with theirs. That doesn't mean that they can't be aided by air, possibly special forces type of operations in the future. But those are things that are being looked at.

What is I think more important is to look at the challenges in the holistic approach, and I think this is the challenge for 2015. Where the fixation today is obviously on Iraq and Syria, we can't forget the problems of Sinai, we can't forget the problems of Libya, and we must not forget the challenges to Africa of Boko Haram, Shabab, and the problems that these franchises, so to speak, are presenting to Asia."

"So like-minded countries, Arab, Muslim, and the rest of the community, need to come together and sort of own up to how we can share responsibilities, work together, and deal with these problems in a holistic approach."