Saudi Arabia will impose a $2,666 (10,000 Saudi riyals) to those found attempting to perform Umrah during the Holy month of Ramadan without holding an ...
Coronavirus vaccines will be made mandatory for those workers serving Hajj and Umrah activities, as well as those working in shops in Mecca and Medina ...
Jabal Omar Development Company, one of Saudi Arabia’s largest-listed property developers, has secured 1.6 billion riyals ($427 million) in loans from ...
The full moon will align directly above the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, in Saudi Arabia’s Mecca on Thursday, January 28, according to astronomers.The ...
A court in Saudi Arabia has acquitted 13 defendants in the Mecca crane collapse case of 2015, including the Bin Laden Group, according to sources who ...
Saudi Arabia’s authorities arrested a man who crashed his car into one of the gates of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, state news agency SPA reported on ...
Saudi Arabia is set to welcome foreign nationals outside the Kingdom to perform Umrah in Mecca and Medina starting on Sunday as part of the third ...
At least 4,000 workers have been employed, 100,000 face masks made available and 9,000 sanitized prayer rugs have been provided this Umrah season to ...
New thermal cameras have been installed across the Holy Grand Mosque in Mecca as part of preparations to reopen the holy sites for Umrah pilgrims ...
Saudi Arabia welcomed a significantly smaller group of Hajj pilgrims last month under strict coronavirus preventative measures due to the COVID-19 ...
Over 6,250 CCTV cameras were used this year to monitor the holy sites in Mecca during the Hajj pilgrimage that has been held in a limited capacity due ...
Authorities in Saudi Arabia have named and shamed at least seven people who recently violated rules on entry into the holy sites in Mecca during the ...
Mecca authorities have been using 54,000 liters of disinfectants per day to sanitize the holy Grand Mosque during this year’s Hajj season as a ...
Security forces in Saudi Arabia’s Mecca stopped at least 2,050 people from illegally entering the holy sites without a permit during the limited Hajj ...
The head of the World Health Organization has hailed efforts taken by Saudi Arabia to ensure precautionary measures and protocols are enforced during ...
Hajj pilgrims participating in the limited capacity pilgrimage this year due to COVID-19 have begun moving to Muzdalifah after they gathered at Mount ...
Saudi Arabia welcomed on Friday the first group of Hajj pilgrims, selected based on specific requirements, amid strict coronavirus preventative ...
Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mosque in Mecca will be closed to worshippers on the upcoming Arafat day and Eid al-Adha as part of preventative measures to ...
Mecca authorities have lifted the lower part of the Kaaba’s Kiswa covering as the Muslim world marks the new Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah, ahead of ...
Fines imposed on illegal entry into Mecca come into effect on Sunday until August 2 ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage being held this year in a ...
Authorities in Mecca have set several health and safety guidelines in preparation for the upcoming Hajj pilgrimage being held in a limited capacity ...
Saudi Arabia’s Agency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque in Mecca is currently developing a crowd control plan as it prepares for the partial opening ...
Mosques in Saudi Arabia’s Mecca are preparing to reopen their doors on June 21 after the coronavirus pandemic forced them to halt prayers for three ...
Muslims in Saudi Arabia performed communal Fajr prayers early on Sunday in mosques across the Kingdom for the first time since March as coronavirus ...
There are confirmed coronavirus cases in 127 cities in Saudi Arabia, with more than 77 percent of the total 46,869 cases in the Kingdom reported in ...
Saudi Arabia is continuing work on the expansion of the Grand Mosque of Mecca, one of Islam’s holiest sites, after granting licenses to the agency ...
The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques announced that Zamzam water will be distributed through commercial outlets across Saudi ...
Islam’s holiest site is being cleaned and perfumed, despite being virtually empty due to measures taken to prevent the spread of the coronavirus ...
The General Presidency of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque has launched self-sterilization gates at the entrance of Mecca’s ...
The launch of thermal cameras that detect coronavirus in Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque in Mecca, was marked by the General ...
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