Thousands of worshippers entered the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca in batches to perform the ritual of circling the sacred Kaaba, a cubic structure towards which Muslims around the world ...

In 2020, only 1,000 people were allowed to attend ... there were more than a million pilgrims worshipping in Mecca. However that is still low compared to the pre-Covid numbers - in 2019 an ...

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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 ...

The Grand Mosque in Makkah was opened for Umrah pilgrims on Sunday. The first group of pilgrims performing Umrah in first phase entered Masjid-al Haram under strict precautionary and preventive ...