Mansour Al-Maswari
Published August 31st, 2026 - 16:44 GMT
(From L) Chief of the Turkish General Staff General Selcuk Bayraktaroglu, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Pakistani Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman, Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan and Chief of the General Staff of the Saudi Armed Forces General Fayyad al-Ruwaili attend the inaugural meeting of the Strategic Political and Defence Committee established under the Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement (SMDA) between the three countries, in Istanbul on August 31, 2026. AFP
Highlights
"Netanyahu, who has become a common enemy of humanity, the international community and global security, is no longer a person who can be taken seriously," Fidan said.
