Washington, Oct. 7 -- US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said Turkiye and Pakistan "want to help Saudi Arabia" with the deployment of their military forces under the Mecca Alliance. He added that the move was "good".

When asked about Turkiye and Pakistan agreeing to send military forces to Saudi Arabia as part of the Mecca Alliance following an attack on the Kingdom, Trump said, "I think they want to help Saudi Arabia, and I think that's good."

Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan have agreed to activate collective defence measures under the Mecca Defence Alliance and move towards the swift deployment of forces and military capabilities to Saudi Arabia amid ongoing attacks by Houthi rebels from Yemen targeting the Kingdom...