Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign key defense agreement, officials say
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The agreement was signed in the Saudi holy city of Mecca during a meeting between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistan’
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.
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The agreement was signed in the Saudi holy city of Mecca during a meeting between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistan’
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.
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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.