Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif sign the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement. (Saudi Foreign Ministry/X)
It’s Wednesday, September 16, despite a month of non-stop catastrophizing in the media, the Mecca Defense Pact—much like the Memorandum of Understanding—has pro…


