Turkey, Pakistan to Deploy Forces to Saudi Amid Houthi Attacks
- Turkey and Pakistan announced a "rapid deployment" of troops to Saudi Arabia on October 5 under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, countering escalating Houthi attacks on the Gulf kingdom.
- President Donald Trump refused to intervene against the Iran-backed Houthis despite a strategic defense agreement, leaving Saudi Arabia vulnerable to repeated attacks on its cities and energy infrastructure.
- Pakistan already maintains 8,000 troops, 16 Chinese-made JF-17 Thunder fighter jets, and drone squadrons in the kingdom, with the three countries reaffirming their commitment to defend against any attack.
- Senior Houthi member Mohammed al-Bukhaiti warned on Iraqi television, "By God, if Turkey and Pakistan become involved, we will strike them with an iron fist."
- Saudi Arabia is gearing up for a ground offensive to reverse Houthi territorial gains, though Bernard Haykel, a professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, doubts Pakistan will engage beyond the border.
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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan activate Mecca Pact amid war with Houthis
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan activate Mecca Pact amid war with Houthis Submitted by Sean Mathews on Mon, 10/05/2026 - 21:17 The public deployment of Pakistani and Turkish troops to Saudi Arabia carries symbolic weight across the region Turkish Foreign Ministry on October 5, 2026 shows (L-R) Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Ishaq Dar, Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud and Turkish Fore…
MECCA PACT ACTIVATED: Turkey and Pakistan Agree to Deploy Forces to Saudi Arabia After Houthi Strikes, Social Media Reports Claim
Reports circulating on social media claim Turkey and Pakistan have agreed to deploy military forces to Saudi Arabia under the Mecca defense pact following Houthi attacks, though the deployment has not been independently confirmed.
RIYADH – Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turska dogovorili su se u ponedjeljak da odmah krenu u provedbu svojih obveza o zajedničkoj dobreni i okoguraju “brzo raspoređivanje” dogovorenih vojnih snaga i kapaciteta u Saudijskoj Arabiji, objavile su tri zemlje […] Objava Pakistan, S. Arabija i Turska dogovorili raspoređivanje snaga u S. Arabiji pojavila se prvi puta na Novi list.
The governments of Pakistan and Turkey announced the rapid dispatch of troops and military resources to Saudi Arabia, within the framework of the collective defense agreement signed between the two countries in August, the Pact of Mecca, and at the time when Riyadh began a major offensive against the Houthi militia in Yemen, in response to local land advances and actions against its territory.
Turkey and Pakistan agreed to deploy troops in Saudi Arabia in a new alliance, facing the escalation of Houthi attacks against the kingdom.
Because of Huthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey are sending troops to support the Kingdom. The basis is a common defence agreement of the three states.
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