RBT's Defense Blog

1. The Historic Signing in Mecca The term "Islamic NATO" was given to the tripartite agreement signed on August 7, 2026. Generally referred to as the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement , it was signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey . The official signing in holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia; brought together Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. By formalizing a defence pact under a unified trilateral umbrella, all three leaders underscored a shared ambition to streamline procurement, enhance operational interoperability, and coordinate defence industrial investments across West and South Asia. 2. What Is the Mecca Agreement? Unlike traditional bilateral defence pacts, the Mecca Agreement introduces a trilateral collective defence framework. Echoing the principles of NATO's Article 5, the core clause specifies that an armed attack against any member state will be treat...

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, once Israel's fiercest public critic, secretly became centerpiece of Mossad-backed regime-change plot In second week of July 2026, well known newspapers like The New York Times , Haaretz , and The Guardian revealed bombshell reports on one of the most astonishing espionage operations in modern history. The reports said Israel’s intelligence agency, the Mossad, had spent several years running a highly secretive operation cultivating Iran’s former hardline president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , infamous for anti-Israel stand. They were grooming him to take over power as a transition leader after a planned regime overthrow. Yet, despite spending millions of dollars, doing high-stakes secret meetings, and conducting a dramatic armed rescue, the plan collapsed, leaving Ahmadinejad in the custody of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). If Mossad had succeeded in its plan, then it would have been an even bette...