MECCA, Saudi Arabia - As a child, Osama al-Bar would walk from his home past Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba, to the market of spice and fabric merchants where his father owned a store. At that time, ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — For Zainab Abdu, the holiest sites in Islam were the backdrop for her weekends growing up. Raised in Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, Abdu remembers roller skating with friends near the ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia – As a child, Osama al-Bar would walk from his home past Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba, to the market of spice and fabric merchants where his father owned a store. At that time, ...

Muslim pilgrims from all around the world doing tawaf, praying around the Kabah in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, during the Hajj and umrah period. (Photo: Gettyimages) · Sony Herdiana via Getty Images Every ...

For Zainab Abdu, the holiest sites in Islam were the backdrop for her weekends growing up. Raised in Mecca, Abdu remembers roller-skating with friends near the Grand Mosque where the Kaaba is located.

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MECCA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - The annual haj pilgrimage began in Mecca on Monday when hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims put on white clothes, packed their bags and left for a tented ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia – The deadly collapse of a construction crane in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca has highlighted the controversial pace of high-end urban development in the birthplace of Islam.

At least two people died on Thursday as heavy rains hit western Saudi Arabia, including the coastal city of Jeddah, delaying flights and forcing schools to close, officials said. "Two deaths have been ...