{
  "id": 9162451,
  "title": "Saudi Arabia denies buying 25 oil tankers, rejects link to Iraqi shipping costs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/saudi-arabia-denies-buying-25-oil-tankers-rejects-link-to-iraqi",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T15:22:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Saudi Gazette",
    "slug": "saudi-gazette",
    "url": "https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/664770/saudi-arabia/saudi-arabia-denies-buying-25-oil-tankers-rejects-link-to-iraqi-shipping-costs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has denied claims that it purchased 25 oil tankers and rejected suggestions that the alleged purchases contributed to higher costs for transporting Iraqi oil.The Ministry of Energy issued the clarification in response to remarks by Iraqi Oil Minister Bassem Mohammed Khudair Al-Abadi and Ali Nizar Al-Shatari, chairman and director general of Iraq’s State Organization for…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}