RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: 🇪🇬🇹🇷 Egypt is set to join the Middle East’s emerging NATO-style military alliance alongside Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement treats an attack on one member as a potential trigger for military, intelligence, or logistical assistance from the others, with joint exercises and deeper defence-industry cooperation also planned. The news comes shortly after Pakistan’s defence minister called for the pact to grow into a broader alliance of Muslim nations, in part as a means of pressuring Israel in support of Palestine. You can think of the pact as the Middle East building its own security architecture after the way America emb

🇪🇬🇹🇷 Egypt is set to join the Middle East’s emerging NATO-style military alliance alongside Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan.

The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement treats an attack on one member as a potential trigger for military, intelligence, or logistical assistance from the others, with joint exercises and deeper defence-industry cooperation also planned.

The news comes shortly after Pakistan’s defence minister called for the pact to grow into a broader alliance of Muslim nations, in part as a means of pressuring Israel in support of Palestine.

You can think of the pact as the Middle East building its own security architecture after the way America embarrassed itself against Iran and left Gulf states under attack.

Source: Haaretz / Writer: Mhedi

— @MarioNawfal Aug 9, 2026