Turkey, Pakistan to Deploy Forces to Saudi Amid Houthi Attacks
- Turkey and Pakistan announced a "rapid deployment" of troops to Saudi Arabia on October 5 under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, countering escalating Houthi attacks on the Gulf kingdom.
- President Donald Trump refused to intervene against the Iran-backed Houthis despite a strategic defense agreement, leaving Saudi Arabia vulnerable to repeated attacks on its cities and energy infrastructure.
- Pakistan already maintains 8,000 troops, 16 Chinese-made JF-17 Thunder fighter jets, and drone squadrons in the kingdom, with the three countries reaffirming their commitment to defend against any attack.
- Senior Houthi member Mohammed al-Bukhaiti warned on Iraqi television, "By God, if Turkey and Pakistan become involved, we will strike them with an iron fist."
- Saudi Arabia is gearing up for a ground offensive to reverse Houthi territorial gains, though Bernard Haykel, a professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, doubts Pakistan will engage beyond the border.
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MECCA PACT ACTIVATED: Turkey and Pakistan Agree to Deploy Forces to Saudi Arabia After Houthi Strikes, Social Media Reports Claim
Reports circulating on social media claim Turkey and Pakistan have agreed to deploy military forces to Saudi Arabia under the Mecca defense pact following Houthi attacks, though the deployment has not been independently confirmed.
(Johannesburg=Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hak-jin = Turkey and Pakistan have agreed to rapidly deploy troops to Saudi Arabia, which is under attack by pro-Iranian Houthi rebels in Yemen...
New realities are emerging in the Middle East as the Mecca Alliance is activated due to the Houthis. The defense and foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan met on Monday in Riyadh, where they agreed to take steps to accelerate the deployment of military forces and strengthen cooperation between them. The Mecca agreement was signed on August 7 and provides that an attack on one of the three states is considered an attack on all. P…
Turkey, Pakistan to deploy forces to Saudi amid Houthi attacks
Turkey and Pakistan will undertake a "rapid deployment" of troops to Saudi Arabia as part of a new mutual defence alliance, the three countries said Monday, as the Gulf kingdom faces escalating attacks from Yemen's Houthis.
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