{
  "id": 767306,
  "title": "Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to establish political and military mechanisms under defence pact",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/turkey-saudi-arabia-and-pakistan-to-establish-political-and-military-767306",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T12:31:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
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    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/gulf/2026/08/13/turkey-saudi-arabia-and-pakistan-to-establish-political-and-military-mechanisms-under-defence-pact/"
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  "summary": "Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will establish political and military mechanisms to co-ordinate their defence and security policies under a pact signed last week, the Turkish Defence Ministry said on Thursday. The three Sunni allies of the US signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement on August 7 to deepen military and defence industry co-operation. They said the accord stipulates that an armed…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Pakistan, Norway reaffirm resolve to strengthen bilateral ties, expand engagement in defence, security",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/pakistan-norway-reaffirm-resolve-to-strengthen-bilateral-ties-expand",
        "published": "2026-08-13T11:17:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Defence pact for Türkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia open to expansion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/defence-pact-for-turkiye-pakistan-and-saudi-arabia-open-to-expansion",
        "published": "2026-08-13T11:22:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to establish political and military mechanisms under defence pact",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/turkey-saudi-arabia-and-pakistan-to-establish-political-and-military",
        "published": "2026-08-13T12:31:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Turkiye lays out ‘mechanisms’ of defence pact with Pakistan, Saudi Arabia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/turkiye-lays-out-mechanisms-of-defence-pact-with-pakistan-saudi-arabia",
        "published": "2026-08-13T12:42:28.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
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