{"id":85641,"date":"2026-10-08T13:32:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/85641"},"modified":"2026-10-08T13:32:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:32:42","slug":"turkey-says-will-not-send-troops-to-fight-yemens-houthis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/85641","title":{"rendered":"Turkey says will not send troops to fight Yemen&#8217;s Houthis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.6\">\n<p><strong>Turkey\u2019s foreign minister on Thursday ruled out sending troops to confront Yemen\u2019s Houthi forces, despite a defence pact with Saudi Arabia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Iran-backed fighters have launched a wave of attacks on Saudi Arabia since they began a major offensive in Yemen against the internationally recognised, Saudi-backed government there.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in August, committing the three countries to come to each other\u2019s aid in the event one were attacked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a defence agreement,\u201d said Hakan Fidan, adding: \u201cIf one of the countries is attacked, you support its defence. This is not an offensive agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turkey \u201cwill not send its troops to another country\u2019s territory to launch an attack\u201d, he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>Fidan said Turkish and Saudi military delegations would work together to assess what defensive measures might be needed, without giving details.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement, which still needs parliamentary ratification in Turkey, links NATO\u2019s second-largest army, Gulf oil giant Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, the Muslim world\u2019s only nuclear-armed state.<\/p>\n<p>While the renewed violence has raised questions over whether the pact could draw members into the conflict, Turkish officials have repeatedly played that down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNATO was not built in a day,\u201d a Turkish diplomatic source told AFP last month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/turkey-says-will-not-send-troops-to-fight-yemens-houthis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey\u2019s foreign minister on Thursday ruled out sending troops to confront Yemen\u2019s Houthi forces, despite a defence pact with Saudi Arabia. The Iran-backed fighters have launched a wave of attacks on Saudi Arabia since they began a major offensive in Yemen against the internationally recognised, Saudi-backed government there. 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