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  "id": 9170954,
  "title": "Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt affirm Saudi Arabia's right to defend itself",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/turkey-saudi-arabia-pakistan-and-egypt-affirm-saudi-arabias-right-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T17:07:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/turkey-saudi-arabia-pakistan-egypt-affirm-saudi-arabias-right-defend"
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  "summary": "Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt affirm Saudi Arabia's right to defend itself The foreign ministers of Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan said in a joint statement on Tuesday that they affirmed Riyadh's right to defend itself in line with international law and stressed the need to maintain the safety of navigation in the region, amid escalating attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt affirm Riyadh's right to defend itself",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/turkey-saudi-arabia-pakistan-egypt-affirm-riyadhs-right-to-defend",
        "published": "2026-09-22T16:46:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "US condemns Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, warns Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/us-condemns-houthi-attacks-on-saudi-arabia-warns-iran",
        "published": "2026-09-22T19:48:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Saudi Arabia’s King Salman slams targeting of Mecca by ‘terrorist’ Houthis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/saudi-arabias-king-salman-slams-targeting-of-mecca-by-terrorist",
        "published": "2026-09-22T20:27:45.000Z"
      }
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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."
}