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  Saudi opens hajj registration for foreign residents

  Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 01:21am on July 08, 2020

  Saudi Arabia on Monday opened hajj registration for foreign residents in the kingdom, saying they will make up 70 per cent of the pilgrims after...

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  Saudi-led coalition launches operation against Yemen rebels

  Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 11:39pm on July 02, 2020

  The Saudi-led military coalition Thursday confirmed it has launched a major operation against Yemen’s Huthis and warned it would target the rebel leadership following missile...

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  Curtailed hajj compounds Saudi economic woes 

  Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 11:34am on June 28, 2020

  Vacant religious sites. Abandoned pilgrim tents. Lifeless hotels. A stunning emptiness — and fears of economic ruin — haunt the usually bustling city of Mecca...

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  Saudi Arabia plans to reopen Makkah mosques from tomorrow

  Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 12:17pm on June 20, 2020

  Saudi Arabia plans to reopen from Sunday mosques in Makkah, the holiest city in Islam, after they were closed for three months due to the...

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  Saudi faces perilous hajj call as coronavirus spikes

  Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 03:11pm on June 16, 2020

  Saudi Arabia is expected to scale back or call off this year’s hajj pilgrimage for the first time in its modern history, observers say, a...

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  Saudi virus cases top 1 lakh with new spike ahead of hajj

  Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 01:21am on June 09, 2020

  The number of coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia surpassed 100,000 on Sunday, the health ministry said, amid a new surge in infections just weeks ahead...

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  Saudi Arabia announces new COVID-19 lockdown in Jeddah

  Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 12:10pm on June 06, 2020

  Saudi Arabia on Friday announced a renewed lockdown in the city of Jeddah, gateway to the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Makkah, to counter a new...

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  Saudis reel from austerity drive

  Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 10:30am on May 15, 2020

  Juggling two mortgages and part-time jobs, Saudi academic Abdullah finally came close to building his own home, but the kingdom’s coronavirus-triggered austerity drive has dealt...

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  Round-the-clock virus curfew during Eid at Saudi Arabia

  Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 10:05am on May 13, 2020

  Saudi Arabia will enforce a round-the-clock nationwide curfew during the five-day Eid al-Fitr holiday later this month to fight the coronavirus, the interior ministry said...

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  Saudi tribes revolt against futuristic megacity project

  Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 12:09pm on May 08, 2020

  A rare revolt by a Saudi tribe has spelt fresh trouble for a planned Red Sea megacity, a linchpin of the crown prince’s economic vision...