Tag: MeccaPact

Mecca Pact Hedges Against Unreliable U.S. Backing

Three leaders converged on Islam's holiest city on August 7 to sign what could become the most consequential Middle Eastern defense pact in a generation. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived a day early to perform the Umrah pilgrimage in Mecca. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan flew in to join…