Three emergency centres are operating inside the Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site in the Saudi city of Mecca to serve worshippers converging on the place from inside and outside the kingdom.

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Supplied Cairo: Saudi authorities have urged pilgrims not to stand for too long next to a revered stone in the Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest place in the city of Mecca, saying the behaviour ...

As Ramadan reaches its spiritual peak, more than 3 million worshippers gathered at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia ... of Hajj and Umrah Tawfiq Al Rabiah, the Grand Mosque witnessed ...

Muslims perform the morning prayer around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca at the start of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of ...