Mecca Pact, Activated
What Pakistan and Turkey will likely do (and want) in Saudi Arabia.


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What Pakistan and Turkey will likely do (and want) in Saudi Arabia.

Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, under which an armed attack on one member is considered an attack on all.

Even the threat of joint involvement could dramatically shift the Saudi-Houthi conflict.

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Trump boarded a different plane in Turkey during a Nato summit for security reasons involving Iran.

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The president says the Secret Service wanted him to go on a different flight after the Nato summit in Turkey.

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What's behind the defense pact between Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan.

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