{
  "id": 16454896,
  "title": "The Gulf’s unfinished defence infrastructure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/the-gulfs-unfinished-defence-infrastructure",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T08:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/comment/2026/10/25/gulf-collective-defence-us-iran-israel/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Gulf states find themselves at the centre of a regional war that is not of their making . A confrontation that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran has spread into a web of proxy conflicts, reaching from the Strait of Hormuz to the Red Sea and Bab Al Mandeb, through Iraq and Yemen. The members of the GCC now face a question they can no longer put off: will they turn their commitment to…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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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."
}