MILITARY● ELEVATEDAug 7 · Aug 7, 2026, 11:27 AM
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign joint defence deal amid regional turmoil
South China Morning Post
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed a joint defence agreement in Mecca on Friday, 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 February 28 in a major escalation of years of regional tumult. The agreement is intended to strengthen collective deterrence against any...
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