Professor at Shanghai International Studies University's Middle East Studies Institute Ding Long noted that that the agreement did not signal a move toward "de-Americanization" but rather reflected efforts to reduce reliance on the US as the sole security provider

By locating the agreement in Mecca and framing it around Sunni-majority states, the bloc can be interpreted as a religiously infused security grouping. | India News

Observers suggest the new alliance between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan won't result in any of the countries fighting for each other. Instead it's about preventing Iran and…

The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, signed recently by Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan, reflects the security pressures facing the three countries amid the deteriorating…