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  "id": 16138296,
  "title": "Alerts issued in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh and Najran, Saudi-led coalition says Houthi missiles intercepted",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/alerts-issued-in-saudi-arabias-riyadh-and-najran-saudi-led-coalition",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T01:31:40.000Z",
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    "name": "Middle East Eye",
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    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/alerts-issued-saudi-arabias-riyadh-and-najran-saudi-led-coalition-says"
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  "summary": "Alerts issued in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh and Najran, Saudi-led coalition says Houthi missiles intercepted Saudi Arabia's civil defence issued early warning alerts in Riyadh and later Najran, before it announced that the danger in the two cities had passed. The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted and destroyed ballistic missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthis towards Riyadh.",
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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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