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  "id": 6693894,
  "title": "US sends up to 200 troops to help Saudi Arabia fight Iran-backed Houthis: Report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/us-sends-up-to-200-troops-to-help-saudi-arabia-fight-iran-backed",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T02:39:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
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    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/us-sends-up-to-200-troops-to-help-saudi-arabia-fight-iran-backed-houthis-report/articleshow/134041099.cms"
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  "summary": "The assistance is being provided as the Houthis expand their operations along Yemen’s Red Sea coast. Military sources said the group seized the port city of Mocha on Thursday and moved towards strategic islands, including Hanish. Yemeni government military sources said the advances had given the Houthis greater leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the southern entrance to the Red Sea and one…",
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