The kingdom is home to Islam's holiest cities, Mecca and Medina. Saudi Arabia is bordered by the Red Sea, Jordan, Kuwait, and Iraq while surrounded to its east by Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

Around 1.8 million pilgrims, including 1.6 million from abroad, performed the Hajj rites in and around Mecca last year. Preparations are in full swing for the upcoming Hajj season. Saudi Arabia ...

The governor of Mecca Province in Saudi Arabia, Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud has signed a memorandum of understanding with the country’s Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources ...

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior has issued a comprehensive set of guidelines designed to ensure the safety, security, and comfort of worshippers performing their rituals in Mecca.

The Grand Mosque in Mecca has recorded unprecedented numbers ... to organize the mosque’s courtyards and walkways, while 350 Saudi supervisors oversee 4,000 workers responsible for cleaning ...

Authorities in Saudi Arabia publicly beheaded a woman in the holy city of Mecca this week, according to footage sent to MEE on Thursday and local media reports. Laila Bint Abdul Muttalib Basim ...

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the first Jewish Israeli reporter to document the annual Muslim pilgrimage of Hajj on an unprecedented visit to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. But when the footage of Channel 13 ...