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3 weeks ago | arab.news | Tareq Al-Thaqafi |Mohammed Al-Kinani

MAKKAH: Each year, the eyes of the world turn to Makkah, where millions of pilgrims from a range of nationalities, ethnicities and cultures gather in a remarkable spiritual gathering that symbolizes the unity of Islam. In this vast diversity and sheer scale, the foremost challenge lies in managing the movement of crowds in a brief timeframe and a geographically constrained area encompassing the Grand Mosque and the Holy Sites.

3 weeks ago | arab.news | Tareq Al-Thaqafi |Mohammed Al-Kinani

MAKKAH: The Saudi Ministry of Defense will deploy a fleet of aerial evacuation aircraft to respond to emergency medical cases during this year’s Hajj season, set to start on June 4. The ministry will provide advanced ambulance services for transferring emergency health cases from Hajj destinations to hospitals inside and outside Makkah.

4 weeks ago | arab.news | Ray Hanania |Tareq Al-Thaqafi

RIYADH: President Mohamed Muizzu of the Maldives has hailed Saudi Arabia’s Makkah Route Initiative as a symbol of the Kingdom’s service to Islam and Muslims. “Their leadership of the Islamic world represents an exemplary model of giving, unity, and service, not only at the two holy mosques but throughout the entire Islamic world, confirming the Kingdom’s pivotal role in leading with wisdom and mercy in serving Islam,” he said at the launch of the initiative in his country recently.

1 month ago | arab.news | Tareq Al-Thaqafi |Sulafa Alkhunaizi |Rashid Hassan |Haifa Alshammari

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1 month ago | arab.news | Tareq Al-Thaqafi |Nada Alturki |Rashid Hassan

Hail’s ancient legacy of life and language etched in stone /node/2600169/saudi-arabia May 10, 2025 02:08 Hail’s ancient legacy of life and language etched in stone Thamudic scripts, petroglyphs carved into rock in Hail offers a glimpse of Arabian Peninsula’s civilizations thousands of years ago MAKKAH: Carved into the rocks of Hail, across its mountains and plateaus, Thamudic inscriptions stand as enduring testaments to a civilization that flourished over thousands of years ago. More than...