The Mecca Pact: A Calculated Move in a Region on Fire The signing of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and Pakistan has sent shockwaves through the Middle East.
Analysts are scrambling to make sense of its implications, with proponents hailing it as a shield against regional threats and critics warning that it may be an attempt to contain Iran's growing influence in the region.
The pact's deliberate vagueness about specific adversaries is telling.