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Saudi Arabia has called on Turkey and Pakistan to rush their military chiefs to Riyadh for urgent talks under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, following a renewed wave of Houthi missile and drone attacks on Saudi territory, Al Jazeera reported on Friday.
The decision followed a Thursday meeting on the UN General Assembly sidelines in New York, where Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan agreed to arrange the emergency session of their three nations’ military leaders, according to the Saudi foreign ministry.
Turkiye’s Defence Ministry confirmed on Friday that Chief of General Staff General Selcuk Bayraktaroglu will travel to Saudi Arabia to meet his Saudi and Pakistani counterparts. No date for the chiefs’ meeting has been announced.
The trigger is the sharpest escalation in years. The Houthis said Thursday they had fired on Saudi Aramco facilities in Yanbu and claimed a strike on a “sensitive target” in Riyadh. Saudi authorities said air defences intercepted six ballistic missiles aimed at Taif and the Yanbu area, and reported intercepting a ballistic missile aimed at Riyadh. Saudi Arabia has also accused the Houthis of launching a drone at Mecca on September 15, a charge the group denies.
The three countries signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement on August 7, treating an attack on one as an attack on all three — a collective-defence principle reminiscent of NATO. It grew from shared concerns about regional wars spilling across borders, Iran’s growing influence, and threats to Saudi territory. Ministers and chiefs held a first Strategic Political and Defence Committee session in Istanbul on August 31. Though not designed specifically against the Houthis, the attacks are its first real test.
Related reading: France is also stepping in to protect the kingdom’s oil infrastructure — France deploying troops to guard Yanbu.
Why it matters
For the first time, the pact would pull Turkey — NATO’s second-largest military — and Pakistan, the only Muslim-majority country known to possess nuclear weapons, closer to the Saudi-Houthi and wider Iran conflict. For oil markets, the stakes are immediate: Yanbu anchors the East-West Pipeline, which can move up to seven million barrels a day and is the kingdom’s main export route bypassing the Strait of Hormuz. Houthi advances along the Red Sea coast and near Bab el-Mandeb add to fears for global shipping. Brent briefly topped $108 a barrel on Thursday before easing to around $105.77 on Friday.
What to watch
When the military chiefs’ meeting is scheduled and whether the pact is formally triggered; whether Turkey or Pakistan commit forces to support Saudi Arabia; any further Houthi strikes or retaliation; and Brent crude’s reaction.
Sources:
The Business Standard: France to send troops, air defences to Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks mount
Kokthum: ‘Attack one, attack all’ — why Saudi, Turkey, Pakistan have set urgent meet under key pact
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