Gulf allies now test whether US Security Guarantees still hold as Washington weighs its own interests and regional states build rival defense pacts.
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Saudi, Turkish, and Pakistani officials met Tehran as Yemen attacks exposed the Mecca pact’s limits, forcing Riyadh to weigh Iran talks and its alliances.
Saudi, Pakistani and Turkish officials met Iran’s leaders in Tehran as Houthi strikes hit Saudi infrastructure, testing defense and fragile mediatio
Iran’s war has split Gulf states into competing strategies, and Washington must abandon the fiction of a single GCC voice to protect its leverage.
Houthi strikes on Saudi airports expose a deeper fight over Vision 2030, Iran’s reach, and Riyadh’s room to maneuver amid rapidly faltering confidence.
Ankara balances the Mecca pact, Houthi escalation, Israeli elections, an Azerbaijan dispute, and Libya’s maritime win as US guarantees thin.
Turkey, Pakistan, and Washington offer support but refuse combat troops, leaving Riyadh to fight Yemen’s Houthis largely alone.
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan build a mutual defense pact as Iranian strikes expose how conditional Washington’s protection has become.
Syria seeks Pakistani weapons via Saudi and Turkish channels to bypass Moscow, Western sanctions, and Iranian paramilitary dependence.
Saudi Arabia’s latest security decisions reveal a changing regional balance that increasingly sidelines Israel from emerging strategic arrangements.