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Late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. (photo credit:REUTERS)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 8, 2017 | Middle East
Tel Aviv – Israel planned to arrest former Palestinian President, the late Yasser Arafat, and deport him from the West Bank in 2002, a former high-ranking Israeli official revealed Friday. Former Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said he and then Prime...
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Muslim pilgrims circle counterclockwise Islam’s holiest shrine, the Kaaba, at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca, late on September 20, 2015. The annual hajj pilgrimage begins on September 22, and more than a million faithful have already flocked to Saudi Arabia in preparation for what will for many be the highlight of their spiritual lives. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 14, 2016 | Saudi Arabia
Mina – Governor of Makkah Region Prince Khalid al-Faisal, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Chairman of Hajj Central Committee, stressed that Saudi Arabia would not allow using Hajj for any political slogans. Faisal said that there have been calls...
