Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan apparently want to conclude security agreements
Saudi ArabiaAccording to insiders, Turkey and Pakistan want to sign a defense agreement. The agreement should be sealed in Saudi Arabia, two people familiar with the process told the Reuters news agency. Details are not initially known. Riyadh is seeking closer security cooperation with allies and warning of a growing threat from Iranian-backed groups.
According to a Saudi official, planned attacks by these groups could be aimed at disrupting diplomatic efforts to ease relations with Iran. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has already arrived in Saudi Arabia and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is still expected.
Eleven civilians injured in attacks in Saudi Arabia
According to the military alliance led by Saudi Arabia Yemen At least eleven civilians were injured in attacks by the Yemeni Houthi militia in Saudi Arabia. Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said on Platform X that night that seven were Saudi citizens who suffered burns, among other things, during the shelling in the Najran region. In addition, two citizens of Egypt, one of Pakistan and one of Yemen were injured as a result of the “terrorist Houthi attacks” on Thursday.
Trump sees an imminent end to the war
US President Donald Trump says he expects the war against Iran to end soon. “I think it will be over pretty soon,” Trump said. He does not assume that Iran will be able to hold out much longer. At the same time, he admits that the US armed forces are struggling with shortages of some weapons. “We have certain types of ammunition that are very powerful and we have unlimited, virtually unlimited supplies of them,” Trump said. “For others it’s a little tighter.”
Saudi Arabia fears Houthi attack
Saudi Arabia is bracing for “several coordinated attacks” by Iraqi militias in collaboration with the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, according to a government official. On the US channel CNN The Saudi representative referred to “several intelligence reports” from his own country and the region, according to which the militias “in coordination with the Houthis” wanted to attack targets in the Gulf state in the “very near future” – led by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).
Several dead in Houthi attacks in Yemen
According to government sources, several people have been killed and injured in attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen. Sources from the internationally recognized government said today that at least ten people were killed and five others were injured. Other sources said a total of 45 people were killed or injured.
