Allies unite behind Saudi Arabia as Houthis step up attacks
Foreign ministers condemned Houthi attacks and planned an urgent chiefs of staff meeting to coordinate support under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement.
- On Friday, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan announced an urgent high-level meeting under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement to discuss supporting Riyadh against attacks by Iran-aligned Houthi militia.
- The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed August 7 by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, mandates mutual defense if any party faces attack.
- Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti, Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan Al-Fawzan, called for soldiers to defend the kingdom as authorities reported intercepting six ballistic missiles fired by Houthi fighters on Thursday.
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sought to distance Tehran from the Houthis in a televised interview Thursday, asserting the group is "responsible for their own actions."
- The conflict, now in its 12th year, increasingly entangles regional powers as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi recently conveyed a proposal to the United States to end hostilities within seven days.
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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan will hold an emergency meeting as part of their joint defence agreement to discuss ways to support Riyadh targeted by Iran-backed Houthis rebel attacks. They said they have fired dozens of missiles and drones on Saudi targets on Thursday. Iraq and Lebanon are expected, among other things, on Friday at the UN rostrum, which is holding its General Assembly in New York. Follow our direct.
Breaking news... Following Houthi attacks in Yemen, Saudi Arabia has urgently summoned the chiefs of staff of Türkiye and Pakistan to a meeting under the Mecca Agreement.
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan will hold an urgent high-level meeting, within a joint defense pact, to discuss ways to support the Riyadh in the context of the attacks launched by the Houthi group in Yemen, while the highest Saudi religious authority has urged the troops to be prepared to give their lives...
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye discuss regional security under defence pact
The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye met on Friday under the framework of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement (MJDA), as escalating Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia heightened regional security concerns.
Saudis meet with defence allies amid Houthi attacks
Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan will hold an urgent, high-level meeting under a joint defence pact to discuss ways to support the kingdom amid attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, while Tehran sought to distance itself from the rapid advance of its Houthi allies. The Houthis have launched strikes on the Saudi-backed government in Yemen and repeatedly fired into Saudi Arabia, disrupting oil flows from the world's largest energy exporter, a…
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