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  "id": 661699,
  "title": "Erdogan eyes expansion of regional defence pact",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/erdogan-eyes-expansion-of-regional-defence-pact",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T12:30:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/erdogan-eyes-expansion-regional-defence-pact"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he hoped more countries would join a defence agreement signed last week between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan aimed at stabilising a region wracked by conflict. The so-called Mecca Joint Defence Agreement was signed on Friday as the Middle East grapples with fallout from the US-Iran war which has dragged in regional players and disrupted shipping…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "'We aspire for it to grow': Turkiye's Erdogan eyes expansion of Makkah Joint Defence Agreement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/we-aspire-for-it-to-grow-turkiyes-erdogan-eyes-expansion-of-makkah",
        "published": "2026-08-12T17:36:56.000Z"
      }
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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."
}