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Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and Pakistan form a new defence pact, leaving Israel’s response and its implications uncertain

As the Middle East war drags on, this alliance binds three powerful Sunni countries that are strategic allies of the United States with a NATO-style clause that considers any attack on one country as an attack on all.

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed a mutual defence pact on Friday that would treat any act of aggression on one of the three nations as an attack on all of them, the allies said in a joint statement. However, it did not specify if the agreement would bind them to any particular military action in each other's de

What Pakistan's defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Turkey means for the Middle East Zia Ur Rehman on Sat, 08/08/2026 - 12:25 The deal, which establishes that an armed attack on one signatory will be treated as an attack on all three, risks drawing Islamabad deeper into Middle Eastern rivalries

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Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed the 'Mecca Joint Defence Agreement' in Mecca on Friday.Iranian foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has welcomed the new defence agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey, calling for greater solidarity among Muslim-majority countries. He also urged them to rely on th

It was signed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

The defense agreement is not an anti-Iran bloc, but it may reflect a deeper regional adjustment to years of Iranian asymmetric warfare as well as uncertainty over US security commitments.

The agreement between the three Sunni Muslim-majority states brings together oil-rich Saudi Arabia and nuclear power Pakistan as well as Turkey, which has NATO’s second-largest army and a rapidly growing defence industry. It would increase cooperation and deterrence at a time of increased regional uncertainty and threa

The pact stipulates that an “armed attack against any one of the three states shall be regarded as an attack against them all.”

Agreement commits three countries to collective deterrence against armed aggression

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will meet in Jeddah to formalise a joint agreement. The landmark pact aims to strengthen regional security ties following escalations from the US-Iran conflict.