Amid the growing tension in West Asia, Yemen’s Houthis issued a stern warning against Pakistan and Turkey as the two nations expressed support for Saudi Arabia.
Amid the growing tension in West Asia, Yemen’s Houthis issued a stern warning against Pakistan and Turkey as the two nations expressed support for Saudi Arabia. Addressing the growing speculation around foreign troop deployments, senior Houthi official Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti warned in an interview with CNN-News 18 that both nations would face retaliation if something like this happened.
It is pertinent to note that the latest warning came right after public statements made by Pakistani defence officials regarding the potential activation of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement—a trilateral collective security pact signed in August 2026 between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey.
While speaking to CNN-News18, Al-Bukhaiti warned that any direct military intervention by Islamabad or Ankara would trigger severe and immediate military retaliation against both countries. The Houthi official maintained that Yemen remains in a strictly defensive posture against Saudi-led military operations and economic blockades.
However, he made it clear that if Pakistan or Turkish forces join the offensive against Riyadh, the Yemeni militant group will strike back with an “iron fist”. He drew parallels to previous strikes against Western naval assets and regional targets; Al-Bukhaiti stated that Yemen would “discipline” any foreign power that enters the conflict.
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The Houthi official went on to claim that the vast majority of the public in Turkey and Pakistan sympathises with the “humanitarian plight of the Yemeni population,” according to CNN-News18. He went on to urge governments in Islamabad and Ankara to remain neutral and avoid entering a conflict that does not directly involve their borders.
The Houthi official demanded that both powers “keep to themselves” rather than act as military proxies for the Saudi coalition. Pakistan and Turkey have been walking on a diplomatic tightrope with Saudi Arabia following the formalisation of the Mecca Agreement.
Modelled on collective deterrence provisions, the pact stipulates that an attack on one signatory is viewed as an attack on all. However, Pakistan is taking diplomatic channels, with a high-level delegation heading to Iran, to seek de-escalation of tensions in the region.
The Houthi warning is also serving as a direct attempt to deter the operational deployment of Pakistani troops or Turkish hardware into active Yemeni conflict zones.