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Intergovernmental military alliance in muslim world
The Mecca Defence Alliance, also known as the Mecca Pact or Makkah Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance in the Muslim world that was signed into force by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey on 7 August 2026. It builds upon the earlier Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement signed between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on 17 September 2025 to include Turkey. The pact's ratification was officially announced amidst the 2026 Iran war. The text has not been released.
More on Wikipedia ↗On Aug. 7, the three leaders met in Mecca: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. They signed a “joint defence agreement” stipulating that an attack on any one of the three countries would be considered an attack on all three. What…
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has described the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement with Saudi Arabia and Turkey as a pact for peace, while highlighting Islamabad’s US-Iran mediation efforts.
New Delhi, Oct 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan, battling insurgencies at home and tensions along multiple borders, is too overstretched to offer meaningful military support to Saudi Arabia under the Mecca Pact, a report has highlighted. According... - Social News XYZ