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  "id": 7799850,
  "title": "Iranian and Saudi panellists spar at Xiangshan Forum over Middle East attacks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/iranian-and-saudi-panellists-spar-at-xiangshan-forum-over-middle-east-7799850",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T13:53:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3367758/iranian-and-saudi-panellists-spar-xiangshan-forum-over-middle-east-attacks"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A plenary session at a Beijing security conference turned into a heated exchange on Wednesday, when a senior Iranian defence official and a Saudi think tank chief traded accusations over the conflict in the Middle East. In the city where just a few years ago Iran and Saudi Arabia signed a peace deal, Prince Turki al-Faisal, chairman of the Saudi think tank the King Faisal Centre for Research and…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Iranian and Saudi panellists spar at Xiangshan Forum over Middle East attacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/iranian-and-saudi-panellists-spar-at-xiangshan-forum-over-middle-east",
        "published": "2026-09-16T13:53:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Even an attack on Mecca isn't enough to unite the Middle East against Iran, analyst tells 'Post'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/even-an-attack-on-mecca-isnt-enough-to-unite-the-middle-east-against",
        "published": "2026-09-16T16:18:04.000Z"
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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."
}