Home Middle East Live Issued on: 07/08/2026 - 02:02Modified: 07/08/2026 - 02:04 Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud chairs his delegation's a meeting of foreign ministers from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, in Cairo, June 21, 2026 © Amr Nabil, AP A source close to the Saudi army told AFP that Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey will sign a joint defence agreement on Friday in Jeddah. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will meet in the Saudi city. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments. Yesterday's key developments: Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis killed at least 58 government troops in missile and drone attacks, a military source said, after one of the deadliest days in the country's civil war in four years. US President Donald Trump told reporters that he believes the war with Iran would be over soon. Israel refused in talks to withdraw from more areas of south Lebanon unless the Lebanese army had full control of an initial two "pilot zones", a Lebanese presidential source told AFP. (FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP, Reuters) Keywords for this article
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