{
  "id": 244144,
  "title": "Middle East live: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey to sign defence pact on Friday",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/middle-east-live-saudi-arabia-pakistan-and-turkey-to-sign-defence",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-07T00:02:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260807-middle-east-live-saudi-arabia-pakistan-turkey-to-sign-defence-pact"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey are set to sign a joint defence agreement on Friday in Jeddah. The meeting will be attended by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.\n\nIn related news, eleven people were wounded in Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia, according to the Saudi-led coalition. The wounded included seven Saudis, one woman and a four-year-old child, as well as one Yemeni, two Egyptians, and one Pakistani.\n\nThe leaders' summit comes amid escalating tensions in the region, with Saudi Arabia anticipating attacks from Iran-backed militias in Iraq, possibly in coordination with the Houthis, and targeting civilian and economic sites.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Saudi, Turkish, Pakistan leaders to hold summit in Jeddah",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/saudi-turkish-pakistan-leaders-to-hold-summit-in-jeddah",
        "published": "2026-08-06T21:17:26.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}