⚡️🇹🇷🇸🇦🇵🇰🇾🇪 — Turkey plans to expand military support to Saudi Arabia in coming weeks amid escalating Houthi attacks, following the Turkey–Pakistan–Saudi statement on immediate implementation of Makkah Alliance collective-defence commitments, including agreed military-force and capability deployments. Two Turkish officials said Ankara has maintained technical teams, air-defence systems and electronic-warfare equipment in Saudi Arabia since last year to protect critical infrastructure, including energy facilities; a senior official said additional equipment, technicians, emergency-response teams and accompanying combat forces would be sent. — Middle East Eye

➡️ The 2010 Saudi-Turkish military training agreement permits limited Turkish technical deployments, while further deployments require parliamentary authorisation: “We have to ratify the Makkah treaty as well but we may prioritise the military deployment authorisation bill,” according to a Turkish official. Ankara plans a defensive presence at at least one command base, with September preparations nearing completion when the first Makkah Strategic Political and Defence Committee meeting was held; a limited number of special forces could deploy after parliamentary approval expected later this month.

➡️ Following approval, separate sources said Turkey would deploy an undisclosed number of experienced pilots and aircraft against Houthi drones and ballistic missiles; the senior official said, “We don't plan to send a large group of soldiers and have no plans to directly intervene in Yemen,” while maintaining that diplomacy could still produce results in coming months. Turkish forces are expected to help protect the western section of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline and defend Riyadh and the holy cities; Saudi sources said Turkish personnel would operate alongside Saudi and Pakistani counterparts from a joint coordination base, while Turkey’s command element would maintain a separate base, with military and technical teams covering multiple locations.

➡️ Murat Yesiltas of the Turkish Presidency’s foreign-policy advisory board assessed that the Makkah Pact or a deployment-authorisation bill could reach the Turkish Grand National Assembly within 30 days, with Turkey’s initial contribution more likely to comprise air defence, counter-drone and ISR capabilities in Saudi Arabia than combat troops in Yemen.

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