Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan protect vital trade routes from the Arabian Sea to the Red Sea.

The Mecca defence pact between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan is, at first glance, a security development. Yet its longer-term significance may emerge in a sphere that extends…

The Mecca defence pact combines a top oil exporter, NATO's second-largest army and the only Muslim nuclear arsenal.

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

It carries symbolic significance over a century after Western powers made West Asia dependent on others for security