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Showcase window 6: August pairs

Four pairs, one month: the pact members, and Turkey with Israel.

In August, the three members of the 7 Aug defence pact paired with each other, and Turkey paired with Israel: 55 to 60 shared events each.

The pact and the Turkey-Israel tension were covered as separate stories. In the record they sit in the same month.

Window: August 2026. Data as of 26 October 2026.

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan: 60Saudi Arabia and Pakistan60Turkey and Pakistan: 59Turkey and Pakistan59Saudi Arabia and Turkey: 57Saudi Arabia and Turkey57Turkey and Israel: 55Turkey and Israel55
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan 60, Turkey and Pakistan 59, Saudi Arabia and Turkey 57, Turkey and Israel 55 shared events in August 2026. Hover a bar for its value. Download the CSV. Using these figures.

Shared events count records naming both states, whatever the relation; they measure contact, not alignment.

What the coverage showed

Reuters, via Internazionale (13 August 2026) covered the 7 Aug pact (13 Aug) and the Turkey-Israel tension (Al-Monitor, 19 Aug) as separate stories. Source; Al-Monitor, 19 August 2026: source.

How this figure is made

Measure: actor pairs: events naming both states, per month. Figures come from the published record: 84,776 events, 28 Feb to 13 Oct 2026. Methodology.

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Conflict Gauge: Iran (MergeSeat). "Four pairs, one month: the pact members, and Turkey with Israel". https://conflictgauge.com/showcase/august-pact-pairs. Data as of 26 October 2026. Page version v1, published 2026-10-28. Accessed <date>.
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