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        "id": 1929531,
        "msgid": "makkah-pact-will-it-trigger-a-major-war-with-yemens-houthis-heres-what-analysts-say-1787151187",
        "date": "2026-08-19 20:51:10",
        "title": "Makkah Pact: Will It Trigger a Major War with Yemen's Houthis? Here's What Analysts Say",
        "author": "Nashih Nashrullah",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The signing of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan carries strategic significance beyond ordinary defence cooperation, according to former Yemeni Information Minister Nasr Taha Mustafa. He argues that the pact represents the first modern Islamic alliance with a strategic and military character, though no regional state has yet moved to join it. The analyst suggests Yemen may become a key test for the agreement, as Houthi attacks on Saudi oil facilities and military sites in Yemen have recently intensified.",
        "content": "<p>The signing of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between Saudi\nArabia, T\u00fcrkiye, and Pakistan is considered to have strategic\nsignificance that extends far beyond ordinary defence cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>The choice of Makkah and Friday as the place and time of the signing\nis also seen not merely as a protocol consideration, but rather as\nintended to lend historical weight and spiritual meaning to the\nagreement.<\/p>\n<p>This view was expressed by former Yemeni Information Minister and\nformer Chairman of the Board of Directors and Editor-in-Chief of the\nYemen News Agency (Saba), Nasr Taha Mustafa, in his analysis published\nby Al Jazeera, cited on Wednesday (19\/8\/2026), regarding the impact of\nthe Makkah Pact on the development of the conflict in Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>According to Nasr Taha, the three countries hold important positions\nin Islamic history as well as strategic weight in the contemporary\nworld. For this reason, the agreement has attracted attention not only\nat the regional level but also internationally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Makkah Pact for joint defence is the first Islamic alliance in\nthe modern era that has a strategic and military character,\u201d Nasr Taha\nwrote.<\/p>\n<p>He assessed that although Saudi Arabia, T\u00fcrkiye, and Pakistan have\nstressed that the alliance is not aimed at any particular country and is\nopen to other states wishing to join, no regional country has yet been\nseen taking immediate steps to do so.<\/p>\n<p>This situation cannot be separated from the ongoing tensions between\nthe United States and Iran, particularly around the Strait of\nHormuz.<\/p>\n<p>According to Nasr Taha, one of the key tests for the Makkah Pact may\nwell come from Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, the Houthi group has again stepped up its attacks,\nincluding against a number of oil facilities in southern Saudi\nArabia.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks then expanded to several military sites in Yemeni\nprovinces under the control of the internationally recognised\ngovernment.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthis claim these locations were targeted because Saudi troops\nwere present. However, according to Nasr Taha, casualty data shows that\nall of the victims were Yemeni citizens, most of them civilians.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/makkah-pact-will-it-trigger-a-major-war-with-yemens-houthis-heres-what-analysts-say-1787151187",
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