{
  "id": 10978355,
  "title": "Saudi Arabia turned down Israeli request to allow its planes to pick up Israeli passengers, security sources say",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/saudi-arabia-turned-down-israeli-request-to-allow-its-planes-to-pick",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T15:46:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/saudi-arabia-turned-down-israeli-request-allow-its-planes-pick-israeli-passengers"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia turned down a request by Israel to allow its planes to bring back Israeli passengers from a flydubai flight that made an emergency landing in the kingdom, two security sources said on Wednesday. The request was made to allow Israeli military planes to bring back Israelis from Saudi Arabia, which has no diplomatic relations with Israel, the sources said.…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 10,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Suspected terror incident diverts Israel-bound flydubai flight to Saudi Arabia; pilot may have tried to crash plane",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/suspected-terror-incident-diverts-israel-bound-flydubai-flight-to",
        "published": "2026-09-30T06:36:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Not ‘hjiacked’, Flydubai Dubai-Tel Aviv flight lands in Saudi Arabia after pilots brawl: What we know so far",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/not-hjiacked-flydubai-dubai-tel-aviv-flight-lands-in-saudi-arabia",
        "published": "2026-09-30T08:39:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Flydubai pilot investigated over possible attempt to crash Tel Aviv-bound flight",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/flydubai-pilot-investigated-over-possible-attempt-to-crash-tel-aviv",
        "published": "2026-09-30T09:37:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Flydubai flight from Dubai to Israel diverted to Saudi Arabia after pilot dispute",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/flydubai-flight-from-dubai-to-israel-diverted-to-saudi-arabia-after",
        "published": "2026-09-30T09:58:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "An Israel-bound plane diverts to Saudi Arabia for emergency landing and other Mideast developments",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/an-israel-bound-plane-diverts-to-saudi-arabia-for-emergency-landing",
        "published": "2026-09-30T10:10:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "Macron faces pushback over plan to send soldiers and defence systems to Saudi Arabia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/macron-faces-pushback-over-plan-to-send-soldiers-and-defence-systems",
        "published": "2026-09-30T11:03:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Daily Briefing Sept. 30 – Israelis land safely in Saudi Arabia after suspected plane terror",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/daily-briefing-sept-30-israelis-land-safely-in-saudi-arabia-after",
        "published": "2026-09-30T11:33:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Saudi Arabia busts illegal Riyadh centre training absconding workers to run online stores",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/saudi-arabia-busts-illegal-riyadh-centre-training-absconding-workers",
        "published": "2026-09-30T12:23:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "A flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv diverts to Saudi Arabia after making distress call",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/a-flight-from-dubai-to-tel-aviv-diverts-to-saudi-arabia-after-making",
        "published": "2026-09-30T13:35:11.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}