# Will the Houthi attacks activate the Mecca Pact?

https://mins.news/en/item/56034

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-12 16:06 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/12/will-the-houthi-attacks-activate-the-mecca-pact?traffic_source=rss

> Yemen’s Houthis have seized Mocha port, threatening control of the Bab al-Mandeb waterway, and have attacked Saudi cities, wounding about 70 people. A Saudi request could trigger assistance from Pakistan and Türkiye under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, but direct intervention in the Yemen war is considered unlikely.

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