Allies unite behind Saudi Arabia as Houthis step up attacks
The three countries are weighing a rapid response as Houthi attacks disrupt Saudi oil flows and shipping routes, officials said.
- 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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Following the Houthi attacks in Yemen, Saudi Arabia urgently summoned the chiefs of staff of Türkiye and Pakistan to a meeting under the Mecca Agreement.
Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan held an emergency meeting after Houthi attacks escalated. The three leaders discussed security strategies for shipping routes in the region.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Bin Abdullah, together with the Turkish Foreign Ministers Hakan Vidan and the Pakistani Minister, Mohamed Yitzhak Dar, discussed developments in the situation in the region and ways to strengthen cooperation among the three countries, in particular the support of Saudi Arabia within the framework of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement.
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, members of the Mecca Alliance, held a foreign ministers' meeting to implement a joint defense agreement in response to the offensive by Houthi rebels. The three countries condemned the attacks on Saudi facilities and are establishing a joint response system.
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