7 Aug 2018
Abdul Rahman Al-Fadli, minister of environment, water and agriculture, has said his ministry will pump about 40 million cubic meters of extra water to Makkah, Madinah and the holy sites during the Haj season.
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7 Aug 2018
Security authorities have intensified the scrutiny of people entering Makkah and the holy precincts.
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7 Aug 2018
The first batch of 554 Muslim pilgrims from Katsina State arrived in Madinah on Monday, along with six others from Jigawa, totalling 560.
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7 Aug 2018
One of Jeddah’s key sites is the 150-year old "Archaeological Biet Nassif Museum" - ZAWYA MENA Edition
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7 Aug 2018
Thousands of software professionals and students competed in the kingdom's first-ever hackathon in Jeddah. Fuelled by caffeine, pizza and adrenaline, sleep-deprived programmers in a marathon Saudi contest this week explored high-tech solutions to prevent a repeat of past calamities in the annual Haj pilgrimage
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