'Agility vs depth': How the Mecca pact stacks up against the UAE-Israel alliance
Israel and the UAE have transactional ties based on military and intelligence sharing, but the Mecca pact has political depth Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, centre, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meet in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on 7 August 2026 (Handout/Turkish presidency's press office/AFP) This summer, a senior UAE diplomat, Lanna Nusseibeh, held consultations with a US ally in Europe. The meeting was unremarkable but informative…
Where: India, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, Israel, Iran, China, Washington, Turkey, Greece
Exact coordinates
india: 20.590, 78.960
saudi arabia: 23.890, 45.080
egypt: 26.820, 30.800
pakistan: 30.380, 69.350
israel: 31.050, 34.850
iran: 32.430, 53.690
china: 35.860, 104.200
washington: 38.910, -77.040
turkey: 38.960, 35.240
greece: 39.070, 21.820
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