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Sinan Ciddi

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New ‘Muslim NATO’ may lack military teeth

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By Sinan Ciddi
| Foundation for Defense of Democracies
VIDEO Sinan joins Fox News Digital to discuss why the new Turkey-Pakistan-Saudi Arabia alliance lacks clear NATO-style teeth and reflects growing regional doubts about U.S. security guarantees.
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The Mecca Defense Pact Looks Toothless. That Doesn’t Mean It’s Harmless.

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By Sinan Ciddi, Ahmad Sharawi
| Foundation for Defense of Democracies
On Friday, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, committing each state to treating an armed attack on one as an attack on all. Two days later, Iranian-backed Houthi forces struck an Aramco refinery in southwest Saudi Arabia with a drone, the latest in a long run of strikes on the kingdom. There was no collective response and no visible sign that anything had changed.
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The Mecca Defense Pact Looks Toothless. That Doesn’t Mean It’s Harmless.

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By Sinan Ciddi, Ahmad Sharawi
| The Dispatch Verified
The emerging Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan alliance threatens to trigger regional realignment. Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. (Photos by Sasha Mordovets, Burak Kara, Fabrice Coffrini / POOL / AFP via Getty Images & Unsplash). Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
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