Turkey Announces Details of New Trilateral Military Alliance, Dubbing it the "Middle East NATO"

The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced details of the new trilateral military alliance bringing it together with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, describing it as a strategic defense system mirroring the NATO model. The ministry clarified that the alliance includes a mutual defense clause, where any attack on a member state is considered an attack on all. It noted the upcoming formation of a joint ministerial committee and the appointment of a secretary-general for the alliance to coordinate and unify security and defense efforts among the member states.