Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims ups to 80 in Saudi Arabia
Death toll among Egyptians on hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia this year has climbed to 80, Egypt's Health Ministry…
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Iran pilgrims flock to Saudi in diplomatic icebreaker
In a diplomatic icebreaker between political foes, tens of thousands of Muslim faithful from Iran have flocked to…
Egypt opens Rafah crossing for Gazan pilgrims
Egyptian authorities on Sunday morning opened the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza to allow a group of hajj…
Number of Egyptian pilgrims dying of natural causes during hajj rise to nine
Egypt's Health Ministry said Saturday that an Egyptian pilgrim died of natural causes during the annual hajj…
CBE Egypt caps pilgrims cash to $10,000
Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has set the limit of portable funds per capita during the performance of the Hajj rites…
Qatar criticizes Saudi Arabia’s political manipulation of hajj
Qatar's Foreign Ministry is criticizing as "illogical" Saudi Arabia's decision to only fly Qatari pilgrims to the…
Saudi Arabia restores limit on Cairo pilgrims to Mecca to 2013 levels
Saudi Arabia has restored the limit on Egyptian pilgrims to Mecca to its 2013 levels, Egypt's Minister of…
Saudi FM denounces Iran hajj conditions as ‘unacceptable’
Saudi Arabia on Sunday denounced as "unacceptable" Iranian demands over its pilgrims joining the annual Islamic…
Egyptian death toll in Mecca hajj stampede rises to 148
The number of Egyptian pilgrims killed in the recent Mecca stampede has increased to 148 , Egypt's Minister of…
Sisi rejects criticism of Saudi Arabia over Hajj tragedy
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Monday praised Saudi Arabia’s role in organizing the annual Hajj…
