{
  "id": 1873723,
  "title": "Beware of Middle East Accords: They are regime-contingent",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/beware-of-middle-east-accords-they-are-regime-contingent",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T04:58:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
    "slug": "arutz-sheva-israel-national-news",
    "url": "https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/692011"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In the non-democratic Middle East, Islamic/Arab regimes do not ascend to power through the ballot. They tend to be tenuous, as are their policies and agreements, which are not anchored in democratic and legal structures, but in foundational Islamic precepts and precedents. An historical review.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/chinas-largest-oil-shippers-abandon-hormuz-bab-al-mandab-as-middle",
        "published": "2026-08-18T22:27:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "US weighs scaling back Middle East military presence after months of Iranian attacks - report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/us-weighs-scaling-back-middle-east-military-presence-after-months-of",
        "published": "2026-08-19T02:30:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Middle East war: Indian refiners forced to buy oil at premium; Russian discounts vanish",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/middle-east-war-indian-refiners-forced-to-buy-oil-at-premium-russian",
        "published": "2026-08-19T06:20:43.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}