利雅得——三国于10月5日宣布，作为一项新的共同防御同盟的一部分，土耳其和巴基斯坦将在沙特阿拉伯“快速部署”军队，此时正值海湾王国面临来自也门胡塞武装不断升级的袭击。
RIYADH - Turkey and Pakistan will undertake a “rapid deployment” of troops to Saudi Arabia as part of a new mutual defence alliance, the three countries said on Oct 5, as the Gulf kingdom faces escalating attacks from Yemen’s Houthis.
今年8月，这三个国家签署了《麦加联合防御协议》，承诺在其中一方遭到袭击时互相提供援助。
The three countries in August signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement committing them to come to each other’s aid in the event one were attacked.
该条约将北约第二大军队（土耳其）、伊斯兰世界唯一的核武器国家（巴基斯坦）以及海湾地区的主要大国（沙特阿拉伯）联合在了一起。
The pact unites NATO’s second-largest army, that of Turkey, with the Islamic world’s only nuclear-armed state, Pakistan, and the leading Gulf power, Saudi Arabia.
三国代表于10月5日在利雅得举行了紧急会议，他们在会上注意到近期针对沙特阿拉伯的袭击，特别是针对圣城麦加和麦地那的袭击，但未点名由伊朗支持的胡塞武装。
Their representatives held an emergency meeting in Riyadh on Oct 5 where they noted recent attacks on Saudi Arabia, in particular ones targeting the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, without mentioning the Iran-backed Houthis by name.
他们在联合声明中“重申明确拒绝任何针对该国安全和领土完整的袭击或威胁”。
The trio “reaffirmed their unequivocal rejection of any attack or threat against the Kingdom’s security and territorial integrity”, they said in a joint statement.
他们还同意“立即推进集体防御承诺的实际落实，并采取必要措施提供商定的军事力量和能力，确保其在王国内快速部署”。N声明并未具体说明这些军队抵达沙特后将承担何种角色。
They also agreed “to move immediately to the practical implementation of the collective defence commitments and to take the necessary measures to provide the agreed military forces and capabilities and ensure their rapid deployment in the Kingdom”. The statement did not specify what sort of role the troops would fill once in Saudi Arabia.
自今年7月也门内战再次爆发以来，沙特王国一直面临针对其城市、石油基础设施和船只的反复胡塞武装袭击。
The kingdom has faced repeated Houthi attacks targeting its cities, oil infrastructure and ships ever since Yemen’s civil war flared back to life in July.
9月，该组织发起了新的攻势，从沙特支持的也门政府手中夺取了大片领土。10月5日，也门政府在利雅得的支持下发起了反攻，试图收复所有被胡塞武装控制的领土（其中一些领土已被控制了十多年）。
In September, the group launched a new offensive that seized swathes of territory from Yemen’s Saudi-backed government, which on Oct 5 launched a counteroffensive with Riyadh’s support seeking to retake all Houthi territory, some of it held for more than a decade.