ManamaSyria is evaluating entry to a three-nation defence pact.
Its foreign minister counts more than 1,000 Israeli attacks on Syria in under two years.
The Makkah pact binds Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey to treat an attack on one as an attack on all.
Turkish officials say any support for Riyadh would not include Turkish troops fighting the Houthis in Yemen.
Pakistan’s military says the pact’s wording bars no newcomers, and the three founding members’ leaders decide.
How each outlet framed it
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- Middle East Eye
- reports Shaibani's Makkah pact remarks alongside Syria's support for Gulf states and condemnation of Israeli strikes on Syria
- Al Jazeera Online
- notes Turkish officials say any support for Riyadh excludes deploying troops to Yemen, and that neither Pakistan nor Turkey has attacked the Houthis
- Dawn
- quotes Shaibani's 'Geography is destiny' line and ties Syria's pact stance to Palestinian statehood and the Golan
Sources: Dawn, Middle East Eye, Al Jazeera Online