Pak, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye agree to deploy forces in Gulf country amid Houthi attacks

Pakistan and Turkiye have agreed to send their military to Saudi Arabia. Pakistan and Turkiye have agreed to send their military to Saudi Arabia as part of a recently signed defence agreement involving the three countries.The move follows attacks in the Gulf kingdom by Iran-backed Houthi rebels from Yemen, amid growing regional security concerns.According to the joint statement, representatives from Pakistan, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia held an emergency meeting of the Strategic Political and Defence Committee (SPDC) of the Makkah Alliance for Defence in Riyadh on Monday.The Mecca defence agreement signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye in August provides for collective deterrence, with an armed attack on any one of the three countries to be treated as an attack on all of them.The SPDC on Monday reviewed the outcomes of the political and military consultations preceding the meeting and approved the recommendations submitted to it. It affirmed that the Mecca agreement embodies a firm commitment to collective defence and a common approach to confront the threats.The SPDC directed the immediate implementation of the pact's collective defence provisions, including measures to make a...