# Will the Pakistan-Saudi-Türkiye alliance create a new regional order?

https://mins.news/en/item/16593

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-07 23:18 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/7/new-regional-order-pakistan-turkiye-saudi-arabia?traffic_source=rss

> The Mecca Joint Defence Pact brings Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye together in a regional arrangement. The countries involved sit between Iran and Israel, giving the alliance wider strategic significance. Yet its practical effectiveness remains uncertain. The central question is whether the pact can reshape the region or merely represent political coordination. Its ability to produce a new regional order is still open to question.

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