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  "id": 16589710,
  "title": "How Houthi attacks have grounded flights across Saudi Arabia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/how-houthi-attacks-have-grounded-flights-across-saudi-arabia",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T10:46:30.000Z",
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    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/how-houthi-attacks-have-grounded-flights-across-saudi-arabia"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "By Gianluca Lo Nostro Oct 26 (Reuters) - Attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have nearly emptied the skies over Riyadh this month, aviation data showed on Monday, with cancellations grounding almost nine out of every 10 scheduled flights at the Saudi capital's airport. About 86% of scheduled flights at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, or 4,071 out of 4,736, were cancelled between…",
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