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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz visiting injured security forces servicemen in Makkah, Pohto by : Bandar Aljaloud

Crown Prince: We Take Pride in Sacrifices Made by Security Forces to Safeguard the Two Holy Mosques

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 26, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Makkah- Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz visited on Sunday, on the occasion of the blessed Eid Al-Fitr, security forces personnel who were injured while carrying out the operation to thwart a planned terrorist attack targeting the Grand Mosque....

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King Salman performs the Eid El-Fitr prayer at the Grand Mosque, SPA

King Salman Performs Eid Prayer at Grand Mosque

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 26, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz performed the Islamic Eid Al-Fitr prayer at the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Sunday, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). Eid al-Fitr, “Arabic for feast of breaking of the fast,” is an important religious holiday celebrated by...

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FILE PHOTO: General view of the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia September 9, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah/File Photo

‘Lone-Wolf’ Attacks: A Failed Strategy in Saudi Arabia

by Ibrahim Abu Zayed | Jun 24, 2017 | Features

Overnight, and only within a few hours, terrorists had successfully crossed all red lines, in an extremely daring attempt to attack and disrupt the peace of one Islam’s holiest sites. Increasingly, the operatives had the audacity to stage the attempted attack on a...

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Saudi security forces work at a scene after a suicide bomber blew himself up in Mecca, Saudi Arabia June 23, 2017. Saudi News Agency/Handout via REUTERS

Arab States Denounce Attempted Attack against Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 24, 2017 | Middle East

Top judicial authorities and government spokesmen in each of Bahrain, Egypt and Jordan condemned the attempted lone wolf attack targeting one of Islam’s holiest sites in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, said the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The Egyptian Supreme Council of Culture...

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The site where the suicide bomber blew himself up in Mecca after his attack against the Grand Mosque was thwarted by Saudi security forces. (SPA)

Terror Attack Thwarted at Mecca’s Grand Mosque

by Wajdi al-Qorashi | Jun 24, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Mecca – Saudi authorities thwarted on Friday a terrorist attack against Mecca’s Grand Mosque, its Umrah pilgrims and worshipers, on the last night of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Security forces had surrounded a would-be suicide bomber only kilometers away from...