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  "id": 7754615,
  "title": "Houthis advance on Bab el-Mandeb as Saudi pipeline shutdown raises oil risks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/houthis-advance-on-bab-el-mandeb-as-saudi-pipeline-shutdown-raises",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T09:24:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
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    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/nation/houthis-advance-near-bab-el-mandeb-as-saudi-pipeline-shutdown-raises-oil-risks-50641836.html"
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  "summary": "On Sept. 11, Saudi Arabia announced the suspension of operations on a key pipeline carrying oil overland from the country’s east to its west. The move followed a drone attack and came shortly after Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen seized a strategically important island and port in the southern Red Sea, bringing them closer to controlling the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/cna-explains-saudi-arabias-east-west-pipeline-is-down-why-its-oil",
        "published": "2026-09-16T06:39:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/fog-and-heavy-rain-forecast-across-saudi-arabia-on-wednesday",
        "published": "2026-09-16T07:27:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Saudi Arabia calls an attempted Mecca attack a ‘red line’ as Iran-backed Houthis deny they did it",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/saudi-arabia-calls-an-attempted-mecca-attack-a-red-line-as-iran",
        "published": "2026-09-16T08:44:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "From Mecca's red line to the 'Gate of Tears': How US-Iran war is closing in on MBS",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/from-meccas-red-line-to-the-gate-of-tears-how-us-iran-war-is-closing",
        "published": "2026-09-16T09:57:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Daily Briefing Sept. 16 – From Mecca to Mokha: Houthis flex as Saudis flail",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/daily-briefing-sept-16-from-mecca-to-mokha-houthis-flex-as-saudis",
        "published": "2026-09-16T10:21:32.000Z"
      }
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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."
}