Mecca Agreement: A Muslim Nato or yet another Baghdad Pact?
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Source: Middle East Eye
Published: 2026-08-22 20:13 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Religion, Middle East, Europe, Military & Defence, International Orgs, War & Conflict
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The recent Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, has reinvigorated longstanding US ambitions for a subcontracted "Middle Eastern", "Arab" or "Muslim" Nato to serve US regional security interests.
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