{
  "id": 749427,
  "title": "Mecca diplomacy and the New Middle East",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/mecca-diplomacy-and-the-new-middle-east",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T13:24:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al Majalla English",
    "slug": "al-majalla-english",
    "url": "https://en.majalla.com/node/332487/opinion/mecca-diplomacy-and-new-middle-east"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Mecca diplomacy and the New Middle East newspress_en Wed, 08/12/2026 - 14:24 Opinion Throughout its illustrious history, Mecca has been the venue for numerous social, economic, intellectual, political, and security agreements. These range from Hilf al-Fudul before Islam, which complemented Hilf al-Mutayyibin, to the mutual defence agreement signed at the end of last week between Saudi Arabia,…",
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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."
}