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Mecca Pact: Saudi Turkey Pakistan Alliance | Wilmington News
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have secretly forged the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement — a pact declaring an attack on one as an attack on all — amid growing regional tensions and unmet U.S. security guarantees. While Saudi Arabia seeks to diversify its defense partnerships, Pakistan brings nuclear leverage for economic and geopolitical gains, and Turkey leverages its NATO status to expand its defense industry and regional influence. Though officials insist it’s purely defensive and not targeted at any nation — including Iran — skeptics question its real military weight, calling it more…
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