AK Party backed bill excludes Abdullah Ocalan from peace process
You read the headlines and you think this is it—the end of decades of bloodshed in southeastern Turkey. A “historic law,” they call it.
By Josie Calloway ·
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Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia defence pact technically same as NATO's Article 5, Turkish minister says
The moment a group of powerful states—Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan—sign an agreement to treat any attack against one as an attack against all, you know what is being done.
By Bram de Vries ·
Saudi Arabia's Makkah pact signals US withdrawal from the Middle East
The headlines are all about a trilateral pact signed in Mecca. Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan—three major players, three different economies, and now bound by the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.
By Ray Dombrowski ·