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Syria Denies Sending Troops to Yemen as Saudi Arabia Faces Houthi Attacks and a New Defence Deal

Damascus says it has no soldiers in Yemen and no plan to send any, yet Reuters and AP describe Syrian advisers already working in Saudi Arabia under a defence agreement signed last week.

Nov 9, 2026

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Turkey's Parliament Ratifies the Mecca Defence Pact With Saudi Arabia and Pakistan by 279 Votes to 119

The ten-year agreement now needs only its partners' own approvals, while Ankara insists it is defensive and that any troop deployment would need a separate vote in a chamber divided over Yemen.

Nov 6, 2026