Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye to activate collective defense commitments amid ongoing threats

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye to activate collective defense commitments amid ongoing threats. RIYADH: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye on Monday agreed to immediately implement collective-defense commitments under the previously agreed Makkah Defense Alliance, including the swift deployment of agreed forces and other military capabilities to the Kingdom amid ongoing threats. The decision was announced following an emergency meeting of the alliance’s Strategic Political and Defense Committee in Riyadh to discuss security developments and threats Saudi Arabia is facing during the regiona