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Coverage dated September 9, 2026 to September 11, 2026

Saudi Arabia's Houthi crisis tests new alliances with Turkey, Pakistan

Headline from Al-Monitor

As the Houthis tighten their grip on the Bab al-Mandeb, Saudi Arabia is turning to new regional alliances while Washington resists calls to intervene.

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  1. Bloomberg

    Pakistan Pledges to Honor Security Pact If Saudi Arabia Attacked (opens Bloomberg)

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    Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said any attack on Saudi Arabia could activate the Mecca Defense Alliance, warning aggression against one member would be viewed as an attack on all signatories.

  2. Financial Times

    Saudi Arabia’s other war enters dangerous new chapter (opens Financial Times)

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    Iran-backed Houthis launch biggest attack on the kingdom in years this week, taking their conflict to a new level

  3. Al Jazeera

    Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia could activate defence pact, Pakistan says (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Pakistan warns Mecca defence agreement may be activated if Yemen's Houthi rebels continue targeting Saudi Arabia.

  4. Al-Monitor

    Exclusive-Pakistan warns Iran to rein in Houthis as Riyadh strikes back (opens Al-Monitor)

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    ANKARA, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Pakistan has delivered a Saudi warning to Iran to rein in its Yemeni Houthi allies after they stepped up attacks on the kingdom, in a coordinated effort to prevent the crisis from spiralling, Saudi, Pakistani and Iranian sources said.

  5. Breitbart News

    Pakistan Warns Iran to Keep the Houthis Away from Saudi Arabia (opens Breitbart News)

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    Pakistan delivered a warning to Iran on Wednesday that if Tehran’s terrorist proxies in Yemen, the Houthis, continue attacking cities and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan may be obliged to intervene under its defense pact with the Saudis.

  6. Al-Monitor

    Saudi Arabia's Houthi crisis tests new alliances with Turkey, Pakistan (opens Al-Monitor)

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    As the Houthis tighten their grip on the Bab al-Mandeb, Saudi Arabia is turning to new regional alliances while Washington resists calls to intervene.

  7. Al-Monitor

    Analysis-As Saudi tensions with Iran-backed Houthis escalate, mediator Pakistan faces pressure to choose a side (opens Al-Monitor)

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    By Mubasher Bukhari, Parisa Hafezi, Asif Shahzad and Ariba Shahid ISLAMABAD/DUBAI, Sept 11 (Reuters) - For much of the past year, Pakistan has played a dual role as Riyadh's defence partner and Washington's backchannel to Tehran but this week's fighting between Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement an…

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