Turkey's involvement in the Yemen conflict remains limited to defensive support for Saudi Arabia under the August 2026 Mecca Joint Defense Agreement with Pakistan, which treats an attack on one signatory as an attack on all. Turkish officials, including Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Defense Minister Yasar Guler, have repeatedly stated that any assistance—such as air defense systems, intelligence sharing, electronic warfare capabilities, technical teams, or training—will stay strictly defensive and confined to Saudi territory, explicitly ruling out troop deployments for offensive operations, direct combat with Houthis, or intervention inside Yemen. This stance follows intensified Houthi missile and drone strikes on Saudi infrastructure and airports in October 2026, alongside the Saudi-backed Yemeni government's "Operation Yemen Dawn" counteroffensive launched October 5. The pact requires Turkish parliamentary ratification, while Ankara continues to stress diplomatic channels and maritime security cooperation in the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Houthi leaders have warned against Turkish involvement.