# Saudi Arabia-Pakistan-Türkiye defence pact challenges US role

https://mins.news/en/item/16375

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-07 16:23 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/7/saudi-arabia-pakistan-turkiye-defence-pact-challenges-us-role?traffic_source=rss

> Defence analyst Alex Alfirraz Scheers says the agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye points to a realignment. The pact could signal changes in the region’s security relationships. It also raises a challenge to the role the United States has played there. Scheers presents the agreement as evidence of a significant strategic shift.

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