Pact with Saudi and Pakistan could expand to Muslim world, including Iran, says Turkish speaker
- The regional powers signed the "Mecca Joint Defence Agreement" in August, weeks before Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis launched attacks against Saudi Arabia, in reaction to the wider Iran war.
- Similar to NATO's Article 5, the pact stipulates that an attack on one ally constitutes an attack on all.
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- The regional powers signed the "Mecca Joint Defence Agreement" in August, weeks before Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis launched attacks against Saudi Arabia, in reaction to the wider Iran war.
- Similar to NATO's Article 5, the pact stipulates that an attack on one ally constitutes an attack on all.
Sources: CNA