# Can Gulf players establish a new security framework?

https://mins.news/en/item/118129

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-27 21:14 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/inside-story/2026/10/27/will-players-in-the-gulf-establish-a-new-security-framework?traffic_source=rss

> Senior officials from the Mecca pact nations—Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye—met Iranian leaders in Tehran. With the United States and Israel signalling possible attacks and Iran promising a response, the meeting is seen as a last chance to ease Gulf tensions. Fighting in Yemen has spilled into Saudi Arabia, while diplomacy has yet to secure a peace deal between Iran and the US.

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