by Said Al-Abyad | Aug 23, 2017 | Saudi Arabia
Jeddah- Specialists in Hajj affairs assured that Saudi Arabia has all requirements to receive more than six million pilgrims during the coming seasons, based on its solid infrastructure, size of projects executed in the holy sites, its national cadre and economic...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 6, 2017 | Saudi Arabia
Jeddah- Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, receives pilgrims who come to perform Hajj rites each year with welcoming programs that start at the point of arrival until departure. After reaching Makkah, Hajj pilgrims are received with chants, Zamzam water dates and...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 21, 2017 | Saudi Arabia
Jeddah- Saudi Arabia has announced that Qatari pilgrims will come to perform Hajj rituals by air only via airlines such as Qatar Airways, ensuring that Qataris are welcome – the total number of visas for Umrah pilgrims this year reached a record 6.7 million, the Saudi...
by Wajdi al-Qorashi | Jun 17, 2017 | Business
Makkah- Pilgrims coming to Makkah for the last ten days of Ramadan have revived hotels in the central area of the Holy site and the adjacent areas, where the occupancy of hotel rooms increased more than 90 percent, according to the expectations of dealers in this...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 16, 2017 | Saudi Arabia
Mecca – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received a telephone call on Thursday from British Prime Minister Theresa May and he offered condolences for victims of the fire that burst in one of the buildings in the capital,...
