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  "id": 12621610,
  "title": "Turkey sending technical, defensive support to Saudi Arabia to help fight Houthis, officials say",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/turkey-sending-technical-defensive-support-to-saudi-arabia-to-help",
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  "published": "2026-10-07T11:46:33.000Z",
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  "summary": "By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Timour Azhari ANKARA/RIYADH, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Turkey is sending mainly defensive and technical support to Saudi Arabia to help it fight Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, two officials said on Wednesday, after the NATO member and Pakistan pledged to act on the collective defence commitment of their newly formed alliance.",
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        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "Houthis claim dawn drone and missile strikes on Saudi and Yemeni airports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/houthis-claim-dawn-drone-and-missile-strikes-on-saudi-and-yemeni",
        "published": "2026-10-07T03:40:33.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Yemen’s Houthis attack Aden airport; Saudi forces down missile near Riyadh",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/yemens-houthis-attack-aden-airport-saudi-forces-down-missile-near",
        "published": "2026-10-07T06:41:11.000Z"
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        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "Yemen’s Houthis claim strikes on Aden, Riyadh airports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/yemens-houthis-claim-strikes-on-aden-riyadh-airports",
        "published": "2026-10-07T06:49:00.000Z"
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        "title": "Yemen's Houthis claim new attacks on Saudi airports as conflict deepens",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/yemens-houthis-claim-new-attacks-on-saudi-airports-as-conflict-deepens",
        "published": "2026-10-07T09:30:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Saudi airports activate e-gates to speed up pilgrim departures",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/saudi-airports-activate-e-gates-to-speed-up-pilgrim-departures",
        "published": "2026-10-07T11:06:13.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Turkey sending technical, defensive support to Saudi Arabia to help fight Houthis, officials say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/turkey-sending-technical-defensive-support-to-saudi-arabia-to-help-12634825",
        "published": "2026-10-07T13:34:18.000Z"
      }
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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."
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