Which other countries could join the Turkiye-Saudi-Pakistan defence pact?

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Aug 09, 2026 · 1126 words · By Stephen Quillen

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Al Jazeera reports: Which other countries could join the Turkiye-Saudi-Pakistan defence pact?.

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What happened

Al Jazeera reports: Which other countries could join the Turkiye-Saudi-Pakistan defence pact?.

Why it matters

While Egypt has been floated as a candidate, analysts say Cairo may be wary of defence commitments.

Common ground

Turkiye wants to expand its newly formed defence pact with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to include more countries, says Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, citing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

Follow-up questions

What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Which other countries could join the Turkiye-Saudi-Pakistan defence pact??
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that The Mecca defence pact builds on a previous agreement reached between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan a year ago?
What should readers watch for in the next update to know whether the story is changing?

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The Mecca defence pact builds on a previous agreement reached between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan a year ago.”

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Wikipedia explicitly states that the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement 'builds upon the earlier Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement signed between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, also known as the Mecca Agreement, is a defence pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey signed into force on 7 August 2026. It builds upon the earlier Strate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca_Joint_Defence_Agreement

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pakistan and Saudi Arabia established relations in 1947, when Pakistan became independent from British rule. Relations have been historically close and friendly, frequently described by analysts as co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan–Saudi_Arabia_relation…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA) is a security and defence pact between the countries of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Under this agreement both countries have committed to treating any act …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Mutual_Defence_Agree…

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Claim 2: “The pact’s central feature is a NATO-like stipulation that an attack on any one of the three states would be treated as an attack on all of them”

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Multiple sources, including a YouTube explanation and Wikipedia entries on the SMDA (which the Mecca pact builds upon), describe the collective defense nature of these agreements, specifically comparing the Mecca pact to a 'NATO Article 5-style' agreement.

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Claim 3: “Israel’s strike on Doha in September”

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Only one source (Al Jazeera) mentions an Israeli air strike targeting Doha in September. Other search results for Israel and Doha do not corroborate this specific event.

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web search NEUTRAL — Israel, [a] officially the State of Israel, [b] is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel

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web search NEUTRAL — Israel ist der einzige Staat der Erde mit mehrheitlich jüdischer Bevölkerung und versteht sich gemäß seinem Nationalstaatsgesetz als „Nationalstaat des jüdischen Volkes“. [7][8][9][10] De facto ist Is…
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel

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web search NEUTRAL — Israel's 1948 independence sparked the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, repelling neighboring armies but resulting in significant regional displacement. Despite peace treaties with Egypt (1979) and Jordan (1994…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Israel

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Claim 4: “Egypt... is part of a group called the R4, which consults on regional issues.”

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Web search results describe the 'R-4' group meetings involving foreign ministers of four countries, with one source specifically mentioning the group's activities in August 2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula.It was disbanded as a result of the British occu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt

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web search NEUTRAL — This upcoming meeting in Istanbul is a continuation of the “R-4” group meetings, which bring together the foreign ministers of the four countries. The group held its fifth meeting in Amman, Jordan, on…
https://www.voiceofemirates.com/en/politics/2026/08/19/the-m…

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web search NEUTRAL — If you’ve been following the Egyptian Foreign Minister’s latest statement, it might sound like just another run-of-the-mill diplomatic comment, but if you look closely, it emphasises their efforts to …
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/financialstabilityboard_icymi…

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Claim 5: “Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan on Friday signed the Mecca Joint Deterrence Agreement”

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The claim is confirmed by both a news source (The Hindu) and Wikipedia, stating that Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan signed the agreement on August 7, 2026.

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Claim 6: “Turkiye, which is a member of NATO”

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Confirmed by Al Jazeera and Wikipedia's list of NATO member states.

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web search NEUTRAL — The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an international military alliance consisting of 32 member states from Europe and North America.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_NATO

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web search NEUTRAL — Turkiye country map image. Notes: Turkiye remains a power to watch in 2025, making strides in the field of aviation, armor development, and shipbuilding. The fall of the neighboring Assad regime is of…
https://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-de…

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web search NEUTRAL — NATO's founding member countries were: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States. Within the five months…
https://www.nato.int/en/about-us/organization/nato-member-co…

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Claim 7: “the Egyptian military’s 2013 overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi”

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Wikipedia and Al Jazeera confirm the military overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi in 2013.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2012–2013 Egyptian protests (sometimes called the Hirak Uprising) were part of the crisis in Egypt including the June 2013 protests, the July 2013 coup d'état, and part of the post-coup unrest. Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012–2013_Egyptian_protests

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abdullah Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa al-Ayyat (Arabic: عبد الله محمد محمد مرسي عيسى العياط, romanized: ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad Muḥammad Mursī ʻĪsá alʻAyāṭ; 3 September 1994 – 4 September 2019) was the son …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_Morsi

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa Al-Ayyat (; Arabic: مُحَمَّد مُحَمَّد مُرْسِي عِيسَى العَيَّاط, romanized: Muḥammad Muḥammad Mursī ʿĪsā al-ʿAyyāṭ, IPA: [mæˈħæmmæd ˈmoɾsi ˈʕiːsæ (ʔe)l.ʕɑjˈjɑːtˤ]; 8 August …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Morsi

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Claim 8: “the GCC includes Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and the United Arab Emirates.”

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Five independent cross-references (CNBC, The Conversation, Jpost, Deutsche Welle) confirm the GCC members are Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — The GCC comprises Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/21/uk-gcc-trade-deal-bahrain-gu…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — The deal with the GCC, which comprises Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/20/uk-announces-historic-trade-…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Since the founding of the Gulf Cooperation Council in 1981, leaders of its six member countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
https://theconversation.com/how-trains-can-transform-persian…

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Claim 9: “Egypt is the only country whose potential membership has been publicly raised by an official from one of the pact’s signatory countries.”

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Both Al Jazeera and another web source explicitly state that Egypt is the only country whose potential membership has been publicly raised by a signatory official (Fidan).

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