Muroor provides interactive traffic maps during Hajj 2023
The interactive traffic maps would facilitate the Hajj pilgrims' movement while transporting inside the Holy Sites.
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Ministry of Health provides treatment to nearly 70,000 pilgrims in Makkah and Madinah
The Saudi Ministry of Health revealed that the number of Hajj pilgrims who have received treatment and medical services through its hospitals and health centres in Makkah and Madinah reached 69,540 during the period from Dhul-Qadah 1 (May 21) until Thursday, Dhul-Hijjah 4 (June 22).
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160,000 people without Hajj permits turned back from checkpoints
Security forces busted 83 fake Hajj campaigns and turned back about 160,000 residents who wanted to perform Hajj without a permit.
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Hajj 2023 is first full-capacity pilgrimage post-pandemic
The Hajj of 2023 features a landmark full-capacity pilgrimage after a daunting three-year period when the COVID-19 pandemic sharply reduced the scale of the annual pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam.
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Medical convoys accompany pilgrims on route to Makkah
Medical convoys are accompanying Hajj pilgrims on the pilgrimage route from Madinah to Makkah without break since the beginning of the current Hajj season.
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Interior Minister inspects development projects in Holy Sites
Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Supreme Hajj Committee Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud inspected several development projects in the holy sites in Makkah.
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Mobile clinic to provide free dental care to pilgrims
The Ministry of Health has inaugurated a mobile dental clinic for the second consecutive year in the central area around the Grand Mosque in Makkah to provide free health services for the pilgrims during the 2023 Hajj season.
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New Kaabah cover almost ready
King Abdulaziz Complex for the Holy Kaabah Kiswah has almost finished manufacturing the new cover (Kiswah) for the coming Hijri year 1445.
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Medical team in Makkah hospital saves Uzbek pilgrim after massive heart attack
A medical team from King Abdullah Medical City in Makkah has saved the life of an Uzbek pilgrim in his sixties after he suffered a heart attack.
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First batch of pilgrims arrive in Makkah via Haramain express train to perform Hajj
The first batch of pilgrims have arrived from Jeddah and Madinah to Makkah via the fastest electric train in the Middle East to begin performing the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia
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Last group of 1300 pilgrims under King's guest program arrives in Makkah
The last group of pilgrims for this year's Hajj under the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Guests Program for Hajj and Umrah arrived in Saudi Arabia on Thursday.
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Pakistani man defies disability to perform Hajj
A disabled but enthusiastic Pakistani has landed in Makkah to perform Hajj. Shafiq lost his leg 30 years ago in road accident
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