The Houthis Vow Strikes on Oil Facilities if Saudi Arabia Launches Major Offensive<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Joint Defense Agreement of Mecca was signed during a summit in the city \u2014 the holiest site in Islam \u2014 by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe agreement aims to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression and stipulates that any armed attack against any of the three states shall be considered an attack against all of them,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pact provides for \u201cthe strengthening of all aspects of cooperation\u201d in defense matters among the three allied countries, which are also currently participating in mediation efforts to end the wars involving Iran and the Gaza Strip, at a particularly critical time for Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The agreement was also signed because of the \u201clong-standing historical ties\u201d and bonds of \u201cIslamic solidarity\u201d linking the three countries, which now seek to expand \u201ctheir shared strategic interests\u201d to \u201cfurther strengthen their collective security and promote peace\u201d in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With this move, T\u00fcrkiye joins the agreement signed last September between Pakistan \u2014 a nuclear power \u2014 and Saudi Arabia, which established similar terms for joint defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Effects of the U.S. War on Iran.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThis comes amid growing tensions in the Middle East over the U.S. war on Iran, which has had severe repercussions for the Persian Gulf countries because of Iranian retaliatory attacks against Washington\u2019s Arab allies and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20% of the world\u2019s crude oil passed before the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saudi Arabia \u2014 OPEC\u2019s largest producer \u2014 is facing another maritime blockade, this time imposed by Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels, who accuse Riyadh of controlling its airspace and territorial waters, as well as carrying out the bombing of Sanaa Airport in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since then, the Houthis have launched repeated attacks against Saudi territory \u2014 particularly energy infrastructure \u2014 and against oil tankers linked to Riyadh in the Red Sea, prompting the Saudi monarchy to establish the Multinational Alliance for Maritime Security last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The coalition was ratified in a founding document signed by 14 countries, including Pakistan and T\u00fcrkiye, and Saudi Arabia says it is purely defensive in nature and intended to protect navigation in the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the Strait of Hormuz closed, Saudi Arabia redirected about 70% of its oil exports through the Red Sea, an alternative route for Riyadh that is now being blocked by the Yemeni rebels, who are allied with Iran and have been fighting the Arab country since the Saudi intervention in the Yemen war in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indeed, the conflict between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia has escalated to unprecedented levels in the past five years, and early Friday the Riyadh-led military coalition intervening in Yemen announced that an insurgent attack wounded 11 civilians in a Saudi border area adjacent to Yemeni territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
teleSUR\/ JF<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nSource: EFE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nSource: teleSUR English<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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