- Oct 6
Turkey and Pakistan activate Mecca defense pact to deploy troops in Saudi Arabia
Ankara and Islamabad agreed on Monday to deploy military forces to Saudi Arabia under their collective defense treaty, responding to escalating Houthi missile and drone strikes across the kingdom.
- Sep 14
Saudi pipeline shutdown and postponed Oman talks push oil past $107
Brent crude rose to $107.54 per barrel on Monday following drone strikes on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline and the cancellation of a Gulf foreign ministers meeting in Salalah.
- Aug 15
Houthi missiles kill up to eight in Mocha port attack; separate drone strike targets Saudi Aramco facility in Najran
Houthi forces fired ballistic missiles at the Red Sea port city of Mocha on 14 August 2026, killing between four and eight people according to differing source accounts, and separately claimed a drone strike on a Saudi Aramco facility in Najran.
