‘Islamic Nato’ may create China opening in Middle East

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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey signed a NATO-like defense agreement called the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement amid regional security shifts influenced by the US-Iran conflict. The pact establishes collective defense, signaling new security dynamics in the Middle East.

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey signed a Nato-like defence agreement in Mecca as the United States’ war on Iran prompts countries in the region to rethink security arrangements. The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement stipulates that “any armed attack against any one of the three states shall be regarded as an attack against them all”, the three countries said in a joint statement. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz...