FM heads to Mecca to attend GCC, OIC meetings
Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty headed on Thursday to Mecca to participate in a joint ministerial meeting of the member states ...
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Muslim pilgrims wrap up Hajj
MINA, Saudi Arabia - Muslim pilgrims are wrapping up the Hajj, or pilgrimage, in the deadly summer heat on Tuesday ...
More than 10,000 Egyptian pilgrims examined by medical mission in Mecca, Madina
CAIRO/MECCA – The Health Ministry said Monday that a medical mission accompanying Egyptian pilgrims examined 10,287 pilgrims until Sunday night. ...
Saudi Arabia receives 1st foreign hajj pilgrims since pandemic
RIYADH - Saudi Arabia on Saturday welcomed its first batch of hajj pilgrims since before the coronavirus pandemic, which prompted ...
Sun to directly align over Kaaba Saturday for 1st time this year
MECCA, Saudi Arabia – For the first time this year, it is expected that the sun will be perpendicular to ...
Grand Mosque in Mecca drops social distancing
MECCA — The Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia operated at full capacity, with ...
Muslim pilgrims flock to Mecca to perform farewell circumambulation
Muslim pilgrims, who are in a hurry to conclude the last of hajj rituals, streamed out of Mina valley after ...
Muslims mark Eid al-Adha holiday in pandemic’s shadow
Muslims around the world were observing on Tuesday yet another major Islamic holiday in the shadow of the pandemic and ...
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