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  "id": 9956778,
  "title": "Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia test limits of Mecca regional security pact",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/houthi-attacks-on-saudi-arabia-test-limits-of-mecca-regional-security",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-26T10:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3368857/houthi-attacks-saudi-arabia-test-limits-mecca-regional-security-pact"
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  "summary": "Just a month after Saudi Arabia signed a regional mutual defence deal with Pakistan and Turkey, attacks by Yemen’s Houthis against the kingdom’s energy infrastructure and military sites are testing the pact’s limits. At a hastily convened meeting of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement in Riyadh on Friday, military chiefs of the three parties reaffirmed their commitment to collective defence,…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Saudi coalition reports intercepting Houthi missiles, drones",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/saudi-coalition-reports-intercepting-houthi-missiles-drones",
        "published": "2026-09-26T09:27:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia test limits of Mecca regional security pact",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/houthi-attacks-on-saudi-arabia-test-limits-of-mecca-regional-security-9958026",
        "published": "2026-09-26T10:00:06.000Z"
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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."
}