Middle East live: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey sign mutual defence pact
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey on Friday signed a mutual defence agreement stipulating that “any armed attack against any one of the three States shall be regarded as an attack against them all", Pakistan’s foreign ministry said. The pact between the three Sunni Muslim allies comes as regional powers seek to strengthen security ties amid the Iran war. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.
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Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey on Friday signed a mutual defence agreement stipulating that “any armed attack against any one of the three States shall be regarded as an attack against them all", Pakistan’s foreign ministry said.
The pact between the three Sunni Muslim allies comes as regional powers seek to strengthen security ties amid the Iran war.
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis killed at least 58 government troops in missile and drone attacks, a military source said, after one of the deadliest days in the country's civil war in four years.
US President Donald Trump told reporters that he believed the war with Iran would be over soon.
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