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On October 30, the Saudi Arabia-led coalition reported intercepting a drone flying toward Mecca. The coalition spokesman attributed the drone to Yemen's Houthis, but the movement said it had not attacked the holy city. This is already the second such incident in recent months.
Otabek YusupovThe National has obtained the full text of the Mecca joint defense agreement signed on August 7, 2026 by Erdogan, Mohammed bin Salman and Shehbaz Sharif. The document, submitted for ratification to the Turkish parliament, contains a NATO-style collective defense clause, the creation of a strategic committee with a secretariat in Riyadh, and a first secretary-general from Pakistan.
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