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The Rest of the World Report | September 25, 2026 — Evening Edition
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THE MECCA PACT CONVENES
The military chiefs of Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan met in Riyadh on Friday, turning a defense pact that had existed mostly on paper into something with generals and a plan attached to it.
General Fayyadh bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili, Saudi Arabia’s chief of general staff, hosted General Selcuk Bayraktaroglu of Türkiye and Field…
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