Allies unite behind Saudi Arabia as Houthis step up attacks
The allies condemned Houthi attacks and planned an urgent chiefs of staff meeting under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, which treats an attack on one as an attack on all.
- 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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Pak, Turkiye and Saudi plan to convene meeting of army chiefs to assist Riyadh under Makkah alliance
Pakistan, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia on Friday discussed plans to convene a meeting of their top army generals to explore ways to assist the Gulf Kingdom under the Makkah Defence Alliance in the wake of increasing attacks from Yemen’s Houthis.
Pakistan, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia plan urgent defence chiefs' meeting on Houthis
Pakistan, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia discussed an urgent chiefs of staff meeting to support Riyadh under their new defence pact. The move signals faster coordination against rising Houthi attacks and a push for regional deterrence.
The military leaders of Turkey and Pakistan discussed on Friday ways to support Saudi Arabia in the face of the intensification of the Houthi attacks of Yemen against the kingdom. The Shiite militia, supported by Iran, launched successive offensives against the Yemeni government supported by Riyadh and repeatedly fired on Saudi territory, damaging the oil flows of the world's largest energy exporter, in the midst of the wider war in the Middle E…
Senior commanders from three nations will gather in Saudi Arabia to discuss the escalation of aggressions by the Iran-backed group.The attacks have increased since July, affecting maritime routes and strategic objectives, defying the previous truce.
The three countries are part of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement which states that "an attack on either party shall be considered an attack on all"
Conflict Tests Mecca Agreement, the Defensive Alliance of the Three Islamic Countries
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