Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Category Archives: Makkah
Stampede victims’ bodies not being buried in mass graves
The bodies of the Mina stampede are being buried in separate graves after giving a bath and offering funeral prayers, the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) of Makkah has said. “The bodies are not being buried in mass graves.
Unique mosques deliver a message of light
Many mosques in the Islamic world are similar in terms of features and shape, but the mosques where the holy rituals are performed are different. They are closed all year round due to their location away from population centers, until
Africans held for illegally cooking food for pilgrims
The Makkah Municipality recently raided an unlicensed kitchen in Aziziah district of the holy city and arrested a number of Africans who were preparing food for pilgrims. “The area has many buildings where pilgrims were staying during the Haj season,”
Stampede: DNA profiling of all dead and injured completed
The Health Ministry has completed the DNA profiling of all the pilgrims who were injured and killed in last week’s stampede in Mina, and have urged the victims’ relatives to provide blood samples so that these can be used to
Haj no more as tough as it used to be once
Haj is the fifth pillar of Islam and it is the duty of every Muslim who has the financial and physical ability to perform it at least once in a lifetime. He/she is supposed to withstand the difficulties encountered while
Choppers bring patients to Al-Noor at a steady pace
The landing strip at Al-Noor Specialist Hospital has been witnessing in the past few days round-the-clock air traffic movement of helicopters transporting injured and patients to the hospital, or evacuating them to other hospitals. The total number of patients and
Anguish turns to relief as missing pilgrim found in Jeddah hospital
As relatives, friends and diplomats continue to search for dozens of pilgrims missing since Thursday’s stampede in Mina, one Indian couple, who had been separated during the accident, had a difficult reunion on Tuesday. Imtiaz Palanpuri and his wife Shahina,
How I survived
Mina’s Street 204 was echoing with the chants of “Labbaik, Allahumma labbaik” and “Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar,” on Thursday. Religious fervor was at its peak, although the long route from “Extended Mina” (Muzdalifa) to the Jamarat did not offer any
102 stampede-hit pilgrims identified at city hospital
Al-Noor Specialist Hospital has helped identify 102 pilgrims by setting up huge screens with the photographs of victims, including the dead and injured. There are now only 14 people who still have to be identified. “The hospital is using every
Committee to look into Mashaer train problems
Deputy Governor of Makkah Region Development Dr. Hisham Al-Faleh said a committee is to be formed to investigate and study the reasons behind the delay of the Mashaer train during this past Haj season. He also said a new transport
MCCI lays emphasis on ‘Made in Makkah’ industries
Dr. Abdullah bin Shakir Al-Ghalib, secretary general of the Makkah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), stressed the importance of local industries, especially for future development in the framework of industry development under the slogan “Made in Makkah.” He said
Projected Haj spending reaches SR17 billion
The volume of spending expected during the current Haj season is approximately SR17 billion, according to Maher Saleh Jamal, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Makkah Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Talking to an online newspaper, Maher Saleh
Three brothers make frantic calls about parents on Haj
Firojsha Aiyubsha and his two brothers only found out that their parents had died in Thusrday’s stampede in Mina when a boy from their village in western India spotted the names on the Internet. Now the siblings, all policemen, are
Woman saves child from crush by flinging him out
Mustering all her courage and power, a mother, who was caught in the stampede in Mina on Thursday, threw her young child into one of the adjoining tents to save him from being crushed. Egyptian pilgrims saw her plight from
Heartbreaking tales of missing pilgrims compound tragedy
Three days after the tragic stampede in Mina during this year’s Haj, the whereabouts of dozens of pilgrims, both from the Kingdom and from abroad, remains unknown. From all over the Kingdom, hundreds of relatives and friends of pilgrims have
Bodies of stampede martyrs to be buried in 6 cemeteries in Makkah
The Makkah Secretariat is preparing 74,700 graves across six graveyards which could accommodate some of the martyrs of the stampede in Mina among others, according to the Secretariat’s Director of Media, Osama Zaytoun. These include the Maalaa Cemetery, which has
Saudi Arabia: Makkah Emir did not make statement on African pilgrims
The Makkah governorate has denied reports in international media with regard to the press statement of Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, emir of Makkah, advisor of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and chairman of the Central Haj Committee, about the stampede
Anti-Kingdom propaganda by pro-Tehran media flayed
Some UK newspapers have come in for intense criticism for publishing incorrect stories about the reasons for the stampede in Mina on Thursday. Colin Freeman, the chief foreign correspondent for The Telegraph, was criticized on social media for a story
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