Houthis Escalate Strikes on Saudi Arabia, Putting ‘Islamic NATO’ to the Test
Houthi strikes on Saudi cities and energy sites are testing the pact’s collective-defense pledge, with more than 70 people reported injured.
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Houthis Escalate Strikes on Saudi Arabia, Putting ‘Islamic NATO’ to the Test
Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia have intensified, prompting regional security concerns and testing the resolve of the so-called Islamic NATO alliance members. Yemen’s Houthi movement has intensified missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, targeting military bases, oil facilities and commercial shipping routes, as the conflict in Yemen enters its most dangerous phase since the […]
Houthis Escalate Attacks On Saudi Arabia, 'Islamic NATO' Faces Test
The latest round of conflict between the Houthis and Yemen's Saudi-backed internationally recognised government is in its most-serious phase since a United Nations brokered peace ended 8 years of flooding fighting in 2022.
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan Now Have Their Own NATO
On August 7, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey announced a mutual defense pact called the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan compared the arrangement to NATO, specifically citing Article 5’s collective defense clause.President Donald Trump lauded the pact as a “BIG, BOLD, IMPORTANT FIRST STEP” toward ensuring countries in the Middle East “will finally be able to defend themselves.” On this point, he’s largely ri…
The New 'Muslim NATO' Faces First Major Test
In April 1949, representatives of 12 countries met in Washington, D.C., to sign the treaty that birthed NATO. It took more than 50 years and the turn of a new millennium for one of its founding members to sustain an attack deemed fit to trigger the all-important Article 5, forcing the alliance to…
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