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  "id": 9916792,
  "title": "Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye pledge closer defence cooperation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/pakistan-saudi-arabia-and-turkiye-pledge-closer-defence-cooperation",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-26T05:22:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
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    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1558651/pakistan-saudi-arabia-and-turkiye-pledge-closer-defence-cooperation/"
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  "summary": "Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye have pledged to quickly strengthen military cooperation under the Makkah Defence Alliance. The commitment made during a meeting of senior military leaders in Riyadh. Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces and Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir attended the meeting. Saudi Arabia and Turkiye represented by their respective chiefs of general […]",
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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."
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