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The agreement treats an attack on any of the three countries as an attack on all. Saudi Arabia has recently faced drone and missile strikes that it has blamed on Iran’s allies in Yemen and Iraq.
Pakistan says an attack on any of the three will amount to an attack against all, amid conflict in the Middle East.
NYTimes – World The agreement treats an attack on any of the three countries as an attack on all. Saudi Arabia has recently faced drone and missile strikes that it has blamed on Iran’s allies in Yemen and Iraq.
NYTimes – World The agreement treats an attack on any of the three countries as an attack on all. Saudi Arabia has recently faced drone and missile strikes that it has blamed on Iran’s allies in Yemen and Iraq.
Mecca Joint Defence agreement says an attack on one country will be deemed an attack on all Who are the Houthis – explained in 30 seconds Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey have signed a mutual defence agreement, placing three of the Muslim world’s most influential states into a Nato-style pact, as Riyadh confronts attacks from Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen. The Houthis and Saudi Arabia have increased their military…
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed a joint defence agreement in Mecca on Friday.
BBC News – World Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will meet in Jeddah to formalise a joint agreement. The landmark pact aims to strengthen regional security ties following escalations from the US-Iran conflict.
Sky News – Front Page Two 24-year-old men, Mohmed Ahmad Abdulkarim and Nouman Essghir, have been charged with national security offences after an incident near RAF Fairford in September. Abdulkarim is accused of assisting a foreign intelligence service, which police suspect is Iran's, while Essghir is charged with entering a prohibited place. The base is used by the United States for strikes on Iran.
NYTimes – World US R&B singer Chris Brown, 37, received an eight-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months after pleading guilty to affray over a 2023 bottle attack on a music producer at a London nightclub. Reports describe the weapon as a glass or tequila bottle and the location as a Mayfair or central London club.
NYTimes – World India is evacuating tens of thousands of people as Cyclone Arnab, classified as a "very severe" cyclonic storm, is forecast to make landfall on Wednesday along the country's eastern coast before moving inland toward Nepal. Authorities estimate 400,000 people are in need of evacuation.
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