Syria weighs joining Saudi-Turkiye-Pakistan defence pact

Syria is evaluating whether to join the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement signed in August by Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said at the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain. The pact treats an attack on one member as an attack on all. Saudi Arabia, facing Houthi attacks, is a key backer of Syria's government.