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Street 204 in Mina, east of the Holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where a stampede killed hundreds of pilgrims on September 24, 2015. (Asharq Al-Awsat)


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A handout picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) shows Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz delivering a speech at the Royal Palace in Mecca on September 24, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / SPA)


Saudi King orders inquiry into Hajj stampede

Saudi King orders inquiry into Hajj stampede

Mina, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz has directed the Kingdom’s authorities to conduct an investigation into the tragic stampede that killed hundreds of pilgrims near Mecca on Thursday. At least 717 pilgrims were killed and 863 injured on Thursday...
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Saudi emergency teams stand next to a construction crane after it crashed into the Grand Mosque of Saudi Arabia’s holy Muslim city of Mecca on September 11, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / STR)


Dozens killed in Mecca crane collapse

Dozens killed in Mecca crane collapse

Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—A giant construction crane toppled over at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Friday, killing at least 107 people and injuring 238, Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense authority said. A spokesman for the administration of the mosques in...
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Saudi Crown Prince Salman (C) with Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, President Abdel Hamid of Bangladesh, Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz bin Saud and Prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, Chief of General Intelligence (SPA)


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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Salman receiving military officers and the heads of Hajj delegations at the Royal Palace on October 4, 2014 (SPA)