Turkey and Pakistan Deploy Troops to Saudi Arabia Under Mecca Joint Defense Agreement Amid Houthi Attacks
Turkey and Pakistan have deployed troops to Saudi Arabia under the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, a pact signed in August 2026 by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The move follows a surge in Houthi attacks on Saudi territory, with the Strategic Political-Defense Committee of the Mekkan Alliance reporting the deployment following a meeting. The action is part of a mutual defense pact that treats an attack on any signatory as an attack on all.
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In August, the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman; the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan; and the Pakistani prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, signed the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, a pact that commits the three states to consider an armed attack against any of the signatories as an attack against all of them
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Turkey and Pakistan have deployed troops in Saudi Arabia. This was reported on October 5 by the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs following a meeting of the Strategic Political-Defense Committee of the Mekkan Alliance.
In response to the increasing number of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan will deploy military forces into the kingdom. The three countries decided on Monday to activate their mutual defense pact signed in August in Mecca.