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Mecca Pact: Muslim NATO with mutual defense clause, headquartered in Riyadh
The Mecca Agreement, modeled on Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, stipulates that an armed attack on one party is an attack on all, and signatories must "immediately provide assistance". The pact establishes a Strategic Political-Defense Committee composed of foreign ministers, defense ministers and military chiefs of staff, meeting twice yearly; the secretariat is based in Saudi Arabia, with Pakistani General Nauman Mahmood as first secretary general. The pact faced its first real test after Houthi drone and missile attacks on Saudi Arabia, when Pakistan and Turkey...
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