Mecca Pact Faces First Test

MeccaThe new defense pact names no obligations.

A Houthi missile could force Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan to define “mutual.”

Unlike NATO’s Article 5, the August 7 pact has the wording but none of the joint command underneath it.

Analysts expect early tests to be quiet: air defense and surveillance, not troops in Yemen.

Sources: Responsible Statecraft