How the Mecca Agreement aims to manage US separation from Middle East

How the Mecca Agreement aims to manage US separation from Middle East Ilya Roubanis on Thu, 08/13/2026 - 19:28 The pact is looking to sieze ownership of a status quo that revisionist powers want to upend Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman looks on after signing a joint defence agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on 7 August 2026 (Handout/Turkish…