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  "id": 15878694,
  "title": "Turkey planning mandate to send military personnel to Saudi Arabia under Mecca pact, ruling party official says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/turkey-planning-mandate-to-send-military-personnel-to-saudi-arabia",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T10:46:25.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/turkey-planning-mandate-send-military-personnel-saudi-arabia-under-mecca-pact"
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  "summary": "ANKARA, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Turkey will submit to parliament a mandate allowing for military personnel to be deployed to Saudi Arabia under its joint defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, a lawmaker from the ruling AK Party told Reuters on Wednesday. The lawmaker said the mandate would be sent to parliament once a bill ratifying the accord has been approved.",
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        "published": "2026-10-21T11:02:21.000Z"
      },
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/what-saudi-arabias-execution-of-bangladesh-nationals-tells-us-about",
        "published": "2026-10-21T11:09:46.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Erdogan refers joint defense pact with Saudi Arabia, Pakistan to Turkish parliament",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/erdogan-refers-joint-defense-pact-with-saudi-arabia-pakistan-to",
        "published": "2026-10-21T11:38:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Turkey to submit mandate to parliament allowing military personnel to be deployed to Saudi Arabia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/turkey-to-submit-mandate-to-parliament-allowing-military-personnel-to",
        "published": "2026-10-21T12:26:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/dakar-rally-2027-will-move-from-saudi-arabia-to-africa-sources-say",
        "published": "2026-10-21T12:31:18.000Z"
      }
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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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