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  "id": 15778824,
  "title": "Turkey submits Saudi-Pakistan defence pact to parliament for ratification, sources say",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/turkey-submits-saudi-pakistan-defence-pact-to-parliament-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T17:46:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/turkey-submits-saudi-pakistan-defence-pact-parliament-ratification-sources-say"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "By Huseyin Hayatsever, Nevzat Devranoglu and Ece Toksabay ANKARA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Turkey has submitted a defence pact with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to parliament for ratification, three parliamentary sources said on Tuesday, moving NATO's second-largest army closer to a formal mutual defence pledge with Riyadh as it faces Houthi attacks. The three countries signed the Mecca Joint Defence…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Turkey's parliament set to ratify Mecca Joint Defence Agreement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/turkeys-parliament-set-to-ratify-mecca-joint-defence-agreement",
        "published": "2026-10-20T10:12:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Canada, Turkey set to sign pledge during Carney visit to deepen defence, energy ties, source says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/canada-turkey-set-to-sign-pledge-during-carney-visit-to-deepen",
        "published": "2026-10-20T16:46:26.000Z"
      }
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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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