{"id":336843,"date":"2026-04-22T09:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/whats-behind-pakistans-deepening-ties-with-saudi-arabia-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:01:12","slug":"whats-behind-pakistans-deepening-ties-with-saudi-arabia-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/whats-behind-pakistans-deepening-ties-with-saudi-arabia-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s behind Pakistan&#8217;s deepening ties with Saudi Arabia? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/3zYyikiFHy0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What's behind Pakistan's deepening ties with Saudi Arabia? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3zYyikiFHy0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Pakistan and Saudi Arabia share one of the closest \u2014 and least understood \u2014 relationships in the Muslim world. 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