Turkey and Pakistan Deploy Forces to Saudi as Yemen War Escalates

Turkey and Pakistan have agreed to send rapid deployment forces to Saudi Arabia after emergency talks in Riyadh, as Yemen's anti-Houthi forces claim to have reclaimed the strategic port city of Mocha near the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The conflict has grown large enough to pull in NATO member Turkey and nuclear-armed Pakistan under a Mecca defence pact — a significant regional escalation with direct implications for global shipping lanes.