The New “Middle Eastern NATO” Isn’t What You Think.
Simon Whistler · August 15, 2026 · 15 min video · Middle East
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On the 7th of August, 2026, the Middle East changed rather. On that day, the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, jointly announced that they were forming an alliance and binding the fates of their nations in perpet uity.
Signed in Mecca, Islam's holiest city, the new agreements is clearly intended to send a message that the Muslim world's only nuclear power, its only NATO member state, and the largest economy in the Middle East, were forming a single coherent axis with a single coherent vision for the future.
According to the three nations, an attack on any member state will be regarded as an attack on all, in a moment when the Middle East appears to be slipping into a period of long-term breakdown and catastrophe.
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