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Saudi Arabia unveils health protocol for Hajj

July 6, 2020July 7, 2020 Jaber Ali

Saudi Arabia has unveiled health protocols for prevention of Covid 19 disease for Hajj season, forbidding entrance to holy sites Minan, Muzdalifah and Arafat without a permit, reports say. The protocol to go into force from July 19, will allow Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesArafat, COVID-19, Hajj, Kaaba, Minan, Muzdalifah, Saudi Arabia

KSA: Congolese pilgrims banned from Hajj over Ebola contamination fear

July 29, 2019 KanelkaTagba

Saudi Arabia said it will not issue visas to Muslims of the Democratic Republic of Congo to perform the Hajj next month amid fears of Ebola contamination after the disease killed over 1,500 people in the African country. A statement Read more

Gulf News, Headlines, World NewsEbola, Hajj, KSA, RDC

Hajj 2019: Iran, KSA reach agreement

December 20, 2018 KanelkaTagba

Saudi Arabia and its regional rival Iran have inked a deal that will facilitate the accomplishment of the Islamic Hajj ritual by Iranians next year. The agreement, signed in Saudi Arabia, provides for “better arrangements for the Iranian pilgrims to Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesHajj, Iran, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tehran

KSA: Suspected subside bomber wearing explosive belt arrested

August 16, 2018 Jaber Ali

Saudi security forces have rounded up a suspected terrorist wearing a bomb belt Al-Bukhariya city, in the center of the kingdom, the interior ministry told media on Thursday. The man, according to the ministry was arrested in the aftermath of Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesAl-Bukhariya, ammunition, Fawaz Abdulrahman Eid Al-Harbi, Hajj, KSA, machine gun, pistol, Saudi Arabia, Shia, terrorist

Gulf Crisis: Qatari citizens allowed to perform Umrah despite blockade

June 6, 2018 KanelkaTagba

Qatari citizens and expats in the tiny Gulf country have been allowed to perform Umrah in Saudi Arabia amid year-long diplomatic row opposing the gas-rich country and its neighbors namely Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain plus Egypt. Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesBahrain, Egypt, Hajj, Jeddah, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Umrah, United Arab Emirates

Gulf Crisis: KSA shuts down border with Qatar

December 21, 2017 KanelkaTagba

Saudi Arabia has permanently closed its only border with Qatar after briefly opening it in August to allow Qataris to perform the Hajj. The Salwa crossing point was permanently closed on Monday at the request of the Saudi customs directorate. Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesBahrain, Egypt, Hajj, KSA, Qatar, Salwa, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Iran-KSA: ‘Normalization of ties, not a topic now’ Saudi FM

September 7, 2017September 7, 2017 KanelkaTagba

Saudi Arabia has rejected information that it is working to thaw diplomatic ties with rival Iran, saying that the Islamic Republic needs to change “its policies” before willingness to end rivalry. “If Iran wants to have good relations with Saudi Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesAbdel Jubeir, Hajj, Iran, Javad Zarif, KSA

KSA: Police arrest men disguised as women attempting to perform Hajj

August 31, 2017 KanelkaTagba

Saudi Security forces have arrested a group of men posing as women trying to intrude into Mecca city to perform Hajj. Local security forces in the city of al Taif, near Mecca, stopped early this week the men who were Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesHajj, KSA, Mecca, pilgrim, police, Saudi Arabia, Taif

Iran-KSA: Tehran announces cross-diplomatic visits

August 24, 2017 KanelkaTagba

Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif has told local ISNA news agency that diplomats from the Islamic Republic and Saudi Arabia will soon exchange visits for the first time since January after Saudi Arabia cut ties with its regional rival following Read more

Headlines, World Newsdiplomatic, Hajj, Iran, KSA, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi Arabia, Tehran

KSA: Privatisation of country’s airports underway

August 22, 2017 KanelkaTagba

Saudi Arabia is set to privatize airports and the country’s Public Investment Fund has been chosen to look after the aerial outlets, reports say. “The process of establishing companies will continue for all airports, and the civil aviation holding company Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesAirport, GACA, Hajj, Investment, KSA, Mohammed al-Shetwey, Privatisation, Saudi Arabia

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