Saudi defense pact countries push for peace in Tehran

Top officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan met Iranian officials ‌in Tehran on Monday in a bid to deescalate the Middle East conflict, as Yemen's Houthis launched new attacks on Saudi Arabia and Egypt approved defense support for the Gulf kingdom. The talks were the first high-level contact between Iran and the three nations — which signed the Mecca mutual defence pact in August — since a war that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran also ‌spread to Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Saudi A

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