News Saudi Arabia Makkah: Saudi Arabia: $800 Mn Invested in Water Projects to Serve Pilgrims
Governor of Makkah Region and Adviser to the Custodian of the Two Holy ... value of the executed projects reached $800 million for the 15 million pilgrims Saudi Arabia expects to receive by 2020 and ...
News Saudi Arabia Makkah: Acwa Power's fully-owned desalination plant in Makkah opens ahead of schedule
Riyadh-based utility developer Acwa Power announced the commercial start-up of a desalination scheme in Saudi Arabia's western region of Makkah ahead of schedule. The Shuaibah Expansion II scheme, ...
News Saudi Arabia Makkah: Nearly 37,000 Hajj pilgrims arrive in Saudi Arabia via Makkah Route initiative
RIYADH: Nearly 37,000 Hajj pilgrims from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Malaysia arrived in Saudi Arabia aboard 90 flights between July 4 and July 11 as part of the Makkah Route initiative, Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Passports announced this week.
News Saudi Arabia Makkah: WebBeds, Agoda Rush to Serve New Generation of Muslim Pilgrims to Saudi
Umrah refers to pilgrims visiting the two most sacred Muslim cities in the world, Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, at any time of the year except during the compulsory Hajj. Agoda last December ...
News Saudi Arabia Makkah: Saudi envoy discusses Makkah Route Initiative with Indonesian officials
RIYADH: The Saudi ambassador to Indonesia, Issam Abed Al-Thaqafi, met Indonesian Deputy Foreign Minister Abdulrahman Fakhir in Jakarta on Friday. During the meeting, they discussed the relations between the two countries and the latest developments in the Middle East. They also discussed the Makkah Route initiative which will be launched in Indonesia next Sunday. The
News Saudi Arabia Makkah: Mecca summit supports Palestinians, backs Saudi amid Iran tensions
Mecca (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - A Saudi-hosted Islamic summit on Saturday threw its support behind Palestinians ahead of a US-led peace plan suspected to be skewed in favour of Israel, as regional allies ...
News Saudi Arabia Makkah: Saudi Arabia seeks a united front against Iran, an effort Tehran dismisses as ‘futile’
Saudi Arabia capped a trio of summits on Friday aimed at rallying support for its anti-Iran stance, even as Tehran dismissed the effort as “futile.” The summits, which were held over two days in the ...
News Saudi Arabia Makkah: Erdogan speaks to Saudi king after no-show at Makkah summit
The phone call comes after Erdogan was notably absent from the Makkah summit of the OIC where ... Turkey's ties with Saudi Arabia have come under strain after the brutal murder last October ...
News Saudi Arabia Makkah: Saudi Arabia to adopt new moon sighting system for Ramazan, Eid
Saudi Arabia has decided to adopt a new system starting ... “As of next Ramazan, the new Clock Tower in Makkah will be an Islamic observatory for citizens, through which we will be able to ...
