Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign joint defence deal amid regional turmoil3-MIN READ3-MIN0ListenPublished: 7:27pm, 7 Aug 2026Saudi 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 act of aggression and stipulates that an armed attack against any of the three would be regarded as an attack on all, they said in a joint statement.Select VoiceSelect Speed0.8x0.9x1.0x1.1x1.2x1.5x1.75x00:0000:001.00x
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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign joint defence deal amid regional turmoil
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey have signed a joint defense agreement in Mecca. This pact aims to bolster collective deterrence against aggression, with an armed attack on any one nation being considered an attack on all three.
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Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey have signed a joint defense agreement in Mecca. This pact aims to bolster collective deterrence against aggression, with an armed attack on any one nation being considered an attack on all three. The agreement comes amid escalating regional turmoil, specifically citing missile fire on Gulf oil exporters and blockades of energy shipments. These actions are attributed to Iran and its allies following an attack by the US and Israel on February 28. The three signatory nations are described as Sunni Muslim US allies concerned by the ongoing regional conflagration.
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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a joint defence agreement in Mecca on Friday.
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The agreement is intended to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression.
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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.
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