However, neither Islamabad nor Ankara has yet announced any attacks on the Houthis.Government officials in Turkiye, where the pact’s ratification process is ongoing, have said any future military support for Riyadh would not include deploying Turkish troops to fight in Yemen or attack the Houthis.Speaking at the conference in Bahrain, al-Shaibani said Damascus was an “integral” part of regional security and would support any framework aimed at protecting regional stability.The minister stressed that the region was “in greater need than ever” of developing joint deterrence and defence systems.He said Syria backs the efforts of Yemen’s Saudi-backed internationally recognised government to restore “sovereignty and stability across its entire territory” as it battles the Houthis, Syrian state media reported.He also urged all parties to support the unity and sovereignty of states.Separately, the minister said Israel has carried out more than 1,000 attacks on Syria in less than two years, killing dozens of people.“How can calls for border control and placing weapons exclusively under state control be justified while Syrian sovereignty is violated and targeted on a daily basis?” he asked.