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Syria weighing whether to join Makkah pact: foreign minister
MANAMA: Syria’s top diplomat on Saturday said Damascus was considering whether to join Makkah defence alliance that binds Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. “Discussions are currently underway to evaluate Syria’s entry into the Makkah alliance,” Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said at the Manama Dialogue conference in Bahrain. Saudi Arabia has been rallying support against escalating Houthi attacks, including a major strike that closed Riyadh’s international airport for two weeks this month. In August, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye signed the defence pact in Makkah, Islam’s holiest ci...
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