{"id":370203,"date":"2026-08-14T16:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T15:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-mecca-pact-how-turkey-saudi-arabia-and-pakistan-are-aligning-on-defense-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T16:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T15:01:07","slug":"the-mecca-pact-how-turkey-saudi-arabia-and-pakistan-are-aligning-on-defense-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-mecca-pact-how-turkey-saudi-arabia-and-pakistan-are-aligning-on-defense-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mecca Pact: How Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are aligning on defense | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/30B0b9q2d6M\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The Mecca Pact: How Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are aligning on defense | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/30B0b9q2d6M\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have joined in a defence agreement that has a clause like NATO\u2019s Article 5, which says that an attack on one country is an attack on all. 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