Mecca

June 28, 2023

Pilgrims move to Muzdalifah after descending from Mount Arafat

Around two million pilgrims from around the world started to move to Muzdalifah after gathering at Mount Arafat on Tuesday,…

April 7, 2023

Three pilgrims, including two Egyptians, were killed while 40 others were injured in a traffic accident. The incident involved a…

April 22, 2022

Many users on social networking websites circulated a photo and video showing traces of blood on the tiles of the…

February 14, 2022

The Saudi authorities announced the execution of an Egyptian resident who killed another Egyptian resident. Hassan Shahat Abdel Haq Ahmed,…

July 18, 2021

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Tens of thousands of vaccinated Muslim pilgrims circled Islam’s holiest site in Mecca on Sunday,…

October 4, 2020

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A very small, limited number of people donning the white terrycloth garment symbolic of the…

September 22, 2020

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Monday released new details on how it plans to gradually allow Muslims…

July 30, 2020

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Masked pilgrims arrived Thursday at Mount Arafat, a desert hill near Islam’s holiest site,…

July 29, 2020

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Muslim pilgrims, donning face masks and moving in small groups after days in isolation,…

July 28, 2020

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The vast white marble floors surrounding Islam’s holiest site, the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca,…