Saudi Arabia has drawn two of the Muslim world’s most formidable military powers into its defense as the Iran war moves closer to the kingdom. Pakistan and Turkey signed a NATO-style mutual defense pact with Saudi Arabia in Mecca on Friday, consolidating their longstanding security ties into a collective-defense alliance that stipulates an attack against any of them “shall be regarded as attack on them all.”
That commitment could draw Pakistan and Turkey into a war they have carefully kept at arm’s length. A senior Iranian official warned the pact will not guarantee Saudi Arabia’s security.
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