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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
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
As Saudi Arabia continues to forge ahead with openness, the government approved plans to issue tourist visa for the first time to foreign holidaymakers. No date has been announced for the launch of the move. According to press reports, in Read more
Saudi foreign minister Sunday announced that Qatar declared war on Saudi Arabia after Qatari authorities called the UN to intervene in alleged restrictions put on Qatari pilgrims who want to perform the Hajj at Mecca. Adel Jubeir who was speaking Read more
The Saudi ministry of Haj and Umrah announced Thursday that Qatari pilgrims can join other pilgrims to perform the Haj and Umrah rituals despite the ongoing diplomatic row between Qatar and its neighbors led by Saudi Arabia. Qatar’s neighbors namely Read more
As Muslims who accomplished this year’s annual Hajj pilgrimage are returning home, Saudi Arabia revealed that it arrested 54 terror suspects between September 3 and 11 and that most of them are Saudi nationals. The circumstances surrounding the arrests are Read more
KSA Rejects Iran’s Claims it Prevents Iranians from Hajj In reaction to Iran’s claims that Saudi Arabia had “a cold and inappropriate” attitude during Hajj arrangement talks, the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah issued a statement explaining that all Read more
As the Hajj and Umrah draw close in Saudi Arabia, the detection of a virus sharing the same family as the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus that killed 800 people in 2002 in China is not a news to Read more