{"id":2542,"date":"2026-10-12T11:03:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T06:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2542"},"modified":"2026-10-12T11:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T06:03:44","slug":"turkey-pakistan-egypt-saudi-arabia-condemn-houthi-attacks-on-riyadh-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2542","title":{"rendered":"Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia condemn Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia condemned attacks by Yemen\u2019s Iran-backed Houthi militants on Riyadh\u2019s international airport, saying they were a \u201cdangerous escalation that cannot \u200bbe justified or accepted under any pretext\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One person was killed and \u200cnearly a dozen were hurt in a new attack<\/a> on Riyadh\u2019s international airport on Sunday, Saudi authorities reported, a day after a strike claimed by the Houthis that killed 13 people and wounded \u200bmore than 300.<\/p>\n

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The group of regional powers – dubbed the R4 – reaffirmed their \u200bsolidarity and support for Saudi Arabia, including full support for all \u201clegitimate \u2060measures and steps\u201d it takes to counter the attacks, deter threats and prevent \u200bthem from happening again.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Group holds the Houthi militia fully accountable for the results \u200bof these attacks and any repercussions that come with it that threaten regional and international peace and security, and demands the immediate and unconditional halt of these attacks,\u201d they said in a \u200bjoint statement on Sunday.<\/p>\n

NATO member Turkey and nuclear-armed Pakistan signed a joint defence pact<\/a> \u200bwith Saudi Arabia in August, under which an attack on one party constitutes an attack \u200con all. \u2060<\/p>\n

Last week, the countries said they had agreed to implement their collective defence commitments and ensure the \u201crapid deployment\u201d of forces and capabilities in Saudi Arabia amid the Houthi attacks.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Turkey was assessing how it \u200bcan help Saudi Arabia, \u200bbut ruled out troop \u2060deployment<\/a> and Turkish participation in offensive operations. A day earlier, officials had told Reuters that Ankara was sending mainly defensive and \u200btechnical support<\/a> to Riyadh.<\/p>\n

Turkish support for Saudi Arabia has largely \u200bbeen in \u2060a bilateral capacity so far, as Turkey\u2019s parliament has not yet officially ratified the joint defence pact.<\/p>\n

The agreement is expected to be submitted to parliament in the \u2060coming \u200bdays.<\/p>\n

Turkey, which has NATO\u2019s second-largest army and a \u200brobust defence industry, has provided Saudi Arabia with defence equipment<\/a> and agreed to join a Saudi-led coalition to \u200bensure navigational safety in the Red Sea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia condemned attacks by Yemen\u2019s Iran-backed Houthi militants on Riyadh\u2019s international airport, saying they were a \u201cdangerous escalation that cannot \u200bbe justified or accepted under any pretext\u201d. One person was killed and \u200cnearly a dozen were hurt in a new attack on Riyadh\u2019s international airport on Sunday, Saudi authorities reported, a day after a strike claimed by the Houthis that killed 13 people and wounded \u200bmore than 300. Report Ad The group of regional powers – dubbed the R4 – reaffirmed their \u200bsolidarity and support…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}