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Makkah entrance parking areas ready for Ramadan

There will be separate tracks for SAPTCO buses and limousines at these parking areas.

Hajj minister stresses key role of Umrah companies

MAKKAH: The Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Mohammed Salih Bentin on Friday urged 700 companies offering services to pilgrims to take their performance levels to new heights. During a meeting with heads of Umrah companies and enterprises, held at the Makkah Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s headquarters, Bentin stressed the firms’ important role as “the interface of the

Over 5.7 million Umrah pilgrims arrive

A million newspaper pages document Saudi history at Jeddah museum

JEDDAH: An important part of Saudi Arabia’s history can be found in four apartments in Jeddah containing a million copies of old newspapers and tens of thousands of magazines, photographs and tape recordings. Jaber Abdullah Al-Ghamdi, owner of the “Pages from History” museum, believes that if the country fails during the next 15 years to conserve the history recorded in its

25 Apr 2019

10,000 Iranian Sunnis to Attend Hajj This Year

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution’s Representative in Hajj Affairs Hojat-ol-Islam Seyed Ali Qaziaskar said more than 10,000 Sunni Muslims will be among Iranian pilgrims attending this year’s Hajj.