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Foreign pilgrims will not perform the hajj this year, Saudi Arabia said Saturday, the second straight year the Gulf country is preventing outside believers to perform the religious ritual. State-run news agency SPA indicated that the decision is motivated by Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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