Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey signed a landmark trilateral defence pact on August 9, 2026, establishing a mutual security framework similar to NATO's Article 5.
The agreement mandates that an attack on one member state will be treated as an attack on all, significantly altering the security architecture of the Middle East.
Turkish officials clarified that the pact is not explicitly aimed at Iran, though regional analysts suggest it serves as a strategic counterweight to rising Iranian influence.