{
  "id": 6402162,
  "title": "Asif warns Makkah defence pact could become operational after Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/asif-warns-makkah-defence-pact-could-become-operational-after-houthi",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T08:47:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2028592/asif-warns-makkah-defence-pact-could-become-operational-after-houthi-attacks-on-saudi-arabia"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has cautioned that the tripartite Makkah Defence Alliance between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye could become operational if there was a “spillover” of the conflict in Yemen into Riyadh. The development comes as Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched attacks on oil installations in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, injuring 73 people. Meanwhile, the defence pact , signed on Aug…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}