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POLITICS4h agoThe Mecca Pact and Pakistan’s Bid to Become IndispensableFor most of its history, Pakistan’s geopolitical value has risen and fallen with other countries’ emergencies. The Mecca Pact may be its most serious attempt yet to break that cycle. On Aug. 31, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey established a secretariat in Saudi Arabia for the Mecca Defence Agreement. The first secretary-general comes from Pakistan for a three-year term. The agreement builds on the Saudi-Pakistani agreement signed in September 2025, locking a decades-old informal security arrangement into a mutual defense pact. Turkey’s inclusion in August 2026 transformed War on the Rocks
MILITARY22h agoCould Pakistan’s Chinese-made weapons help protect Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks?Chinese-Pakistani fighter jets and a China-made air-defence system reportedly deployed to Saudi Arabia could be brought into action following Pakistan’s renewed pledge to defend the kingdom after deadly Houthi attacks on Riyadh. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that Islamabad would cooperate with Riyadh “in every possible way” under their defence agreements, after Houthi strikes on the Saudi capital’s main airport the previous day killed at least 13 people and wounded...South China Morning Post
CONFLICT1d agoPakistan’s hard choice on Saudi Arabia’s war in YemenDefence pacts and financial reliance on Riyadh give Islamabad little leeway to avoid Houthi conflictFinancial Times
CONFLICTBREAKING2d agoPakistani national killed in second Houthi strike on Riyadh airportAl Jazeera [en]
MILITARY5d agoWhat Pakistan Will and Won’t Do in YemenOperationally, it would make little sense for Pakistan to send in large conventional ground forces to Yemen simply to put the brakes on Houthi advances.The Diplomat
CONFLICT6d agoSaudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey: Could the Mecca defense pact become a game changer in the war against the Houthis in Yemen?Pakistan and Turkey have agreed to provide "practical measures" to defend Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks. Could a new alliance reshape the war against the Houthis in Yemen?DW News [en]