If there is a Saudi request, Pakistan and Turkiye will intervene, but direct involvement in the Yemen war is unlikely.
![The foreign ministers of Turkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia attend the first committee meeting under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, in Istanbul on August 31, 2026 [Murad Sezer/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-08-31T102801Z_1444947647_RC2L9NAK0EI2_RTRMADP_3_TURKEY-SAUDI-PAKISTAN-MEETING-1789229095.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Research officer with the Institute of Regional Studies
If there is a Saudi request, Pakistan and Turkiye will intervene, but direct involvement in the Yemen war is unlikely.
![The foreign ministers of Turkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia attend the first committee meeting under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, in Istanbul on August 31, 2026 [Murad Sezer/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-08-31T102801Z_1444947647_RC2L9NAK0EI2_RTRMADP_3_TURKEY-SAUDI-PAKISTAN-MEETING-1789229095.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The conflict has mutated into a zero-sum collision of competing messianic frameworks.

Pakistan’s defence exports are growing, but internal insecurity threatens its ambitions.
![Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a defence agreement on September 17 in Riyadh [Handout/Pakistan Prime Minister's Office]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/30695b7f-06e3-4469-9fa5-0a6a94c33ed3-1768391410.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Pakistan has long juggled ties with China and the US successfully. It’s open turn towards Beijing risks ending that.
