Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Pakistan pledge mutual defence as Middle East turmoil escalates
- RIYADH: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye signed a joint defence agreement in Mecca on Friday (Aug 7), wedding Sunni Muslim US allies alarmed at a regional conflagration that has rained missile fire onto Gulf oil exporters.
- Iran and its allies have been firing on Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, and blockading their energy shipments, since the US and Israel attacked it on Feb 28 in a major escalation after years of regional tumult.
- The agreement is intended to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression and stipulates that an armed attack against any of the three would be
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- RIYADH: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye signed a joint defence agreement in Mecca on Friday (Aug 7), wedding Sunni Muslim US allies alarmed at a regional conflagration that has rained missile fire onto Gulf oil exporters.
- Iran and its allies have been firing on Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, and blockading their energy shipments, since the US and Israel attacked it on Feb 28 in a major escalation after years of regional tumult.
- The agreement is intended to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression and stipulates that an armed attack against any of the three would be
Sources: CNA