Türkiye and Pakistan send troops to Saudi Arabia over Houthi attacks

In view of the attacks on Saudi Arabia by the pro-Iranian Houthi militia in Yemen, Turkey and Pakistan have decided to send troops to Saudi Arabia. The three countries announced this on Monday after an emergency meeting of the so-called Mecca Defense Alliance in Riyadh.

The implementation should take place within the framework of the national laws of the three states. The meeting was triggered by an attack on a power distribution station in Medina.

The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen said on Thursday that the Iran-aligned Houthis had attacked the facility. The system supplies electricity to the Prophet's Mosque, one of Islam's most important holy sites.

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey signed a joint defense agreement in August. Accordingly, an armed attack on one of the member states is considered an attack on all three. What specific military obligations would result from this initially remained open.