Pakistan forces Saudi Arabia
Pakistan has agreed to deploy additional forces to Saudi Arabia amid Houthi missile and drone attacks on Saudi targets. The decision was taken under Field Marshal Asim Munir, while Pakistan already maintains fighter jets and other forces in the kingdom. The number of newly deployed troops has not been disclosed.
Pakistan and Turkiye have agreed to deploy troops to Saudi Arabia under the Makkah Defence Agreement. The pact includes a provision treating an armed attack on one member as an attack on all members. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia also signed a Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement in September 2025.
Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said Pakistan already had a substantial number of forces and resources in Riyadh. He said the organisation would assess the threat perception and operate according to its mandate.
The Houthis have attacked Saudi infrastructure and declared a blockade of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The source also refers to two attacks on Riyadh airport and disruption to Saudi oil supplies. The developments have added to security tensions involving Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran and other regional actors.
Pakistan’s Information Ministry rejected a New York Times report on Pakistani air strikes against the Houthis as “fake and fabricated”. Reuters reportedly cited a possible deployment of 30,000 to 40,000 Pakistani troops, or roughly two infantry divisions, but Pakistan described that figure as speculative.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei warned that “any new intervention would only make the situation more complicated”. The Houthis were also reported to have warned that Pakistani military activity on behalf of Saudi Arabia would lead to Pakistan being treated like Saudi Arabia.
The prospect of a prolonged involvement in Yemen has brought attention to Egypt’s earlier intervention. Egypt began its intervention in North Yemen in 1967. Gamal Abdel Nasser said, “I sent a company to Yemen (around 200 soldiers) and ended up reinforcing it with 70,000 troops.” The source says more than 10,000 Egyptian soldiers were killed and that the war contributed to Egypt’s economic bankruptcy. In 2015, Pakistan’s Parliament chose neutrality and declined to deploy troops to Yemen.
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