Mecca

Muslim worshippers pray around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on June 11, 2024 ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)

Middle East

As pilgrims swelter, climate change looms over hajj

Muslim pilgrims perform prayers at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca ahead of the Hajj pilgrimage, June 19, 2023. (Photo: Abdel Ghani Bashir/AFP)

Kurdistan

Second Kurdish pilgrim dies in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Flynas taking off from the Erbil International Airport to Jeddah, April 5, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Erbil, Jeddah begin direct flights

Saudi conductor Raneem Azzouz, drives a high-speed train ferrying pilgrims to Mecca, in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah, Jan. 22, 2023. (Photo: Amer Hilabi/AFP)

Middle East

Women drive fast train to Mecca as Saudi workforce evolves

Muslim pilgrims are walking around the Kaaba in Saudi Arabia's Grand Mosque of Mecca, July 31, 2020. (Photo: AP)

Kurdistan

Nearly 2,000 pilgrims from Kurdistan Region attending 2022 Hajj

Senior Kurdistan leaders extend wishes to Muslims on eve of Eid al-Adha

kurdistan

Senior Kurdistan leaders extend wishes to Muslims on eve of Eid al-Adha

Mourning Iraqi father jumps to his death during Hajj

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Mourning Iraqi father jumps to his death during Hajj

Iranian police seize drugs on pilgrims flying to Saudi Arabia’s Mecca

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Iranian police seize drugs on pilgrims flying to Saudi Arabia’s Mecca