Pakistan Says Makkah Alliance to Discuss Houthi Attacks at Emergency Riyadh Meeting
Pakistani Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar said the Strategic Political and Defense Committee of the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye will hold an emergency meeting in Riyadh next week to discuss Houthi attacks on the Kingdom. Dar said the committee would determine the next steps, and that more than six countries had expressed interest in joining the alliance. Pakistan's military said its senior commanders condemned the Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, expressed solidarity with the Kingdom and reaffirmed their commitment to the security of Islam's holy sites.
Why it matters: The emergency session tests whether the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement's collective-defence clause produces coordinated action, placing the pact within the briefing's regional security theme.