Pilgrim
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has confirmed raising the capacity of Umrah performers to 70,000 pilgrims per day. It emphasized that this number of foreign and domestic pilgrims will be allowed to perform the pilgrimage on a daily basis and this i..
REUTERS Saudi Arabia will gradually begin receiving Umrah pilgrimage requests from abroad for vaccinated pilgrims starting Aug. 9 after about a year and a half of not receiving overseas worshippers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the state news agen..
About 500 Umrah service companies and establishments and more than 6,000 foreign Umrah agents are geared up to receive vaccinated foreign Umrah pilgrims effective from Aug. 9 (Muharram 1). The aspiring pilgrims can book Umrah packages and make all..
ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia, July 19 - Thousands of face-masked pilgrims performing Islam's annual haj pilgrimage gathered on Mount Arafat on Monday to atone for their sins, expressing hopes for peace and an end to the COVID-19 pandemic. Saudi Arabia..
Mecca: Pilgrims began arriving in the holy city of Mecca on Saturday for the second downsized hajj staged during the coronavirus pandemic, circling Islam's holiest site in masks and on distanced paths. The kingdom is allowing only 60,000 ..
Saudi Arabia and Qatar have recently agreed to reopen all airspace, land and sea borders, ending a blockade between the two nations that began in 2017. As Saudi border reopens, a number of tour operators in Qatar have already started promoting Umr..
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