Qatar and Turkiye send message of deterrence with new defence pact

Aljazeera
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Nov 13, 2026
This adds more to the vision that both countries share
when it comes to not only security,
but also in terms of pushing for deterrence,
more levels of deterrence.
Doesn't mean like escalation is coming,
but you can't rule it out, basically.
And this is what Qatar and Turkey are saying at the moment,
that we need to work together even more
and to give some sort of a sense of,
we're pushing for diplomacy,
but we are ready if there is something
happens to our security together.
This is the goal that countries want to do,
is basically increasing the cost of attack, basically.
What happened this year with Iran,
where they're attacking all regional countries and civilian
infrastructure of countries,
and also the critical energy infrastructure in Qatar, for example,
with Ras Laffan. So now we have a new agreement.
This is something to increase the cost on the
attacker, not only Iran,
but any country that wants to basically have a vision that security
comes at the expense of the insecurities of others.
This is something quite important,
especially this year for Qatar,
to take it to the next level with Turkey.
