RT - Saudi Arabia has imposed a temporary ban on religious pilgrimage, known as Umrah, to historic Islamic shrines in Mecca and Medina over the coronavirus outbreak that has recently spread to the Middle East. The oil-rich kingdom announced on Wednesday that the restrictions were put in place to provide the utmost protection to those living in Saudi ...

MNA Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaie reacted to the harrowing news of a young Saudi boy brutally murdered in Medina, saying Saudi Arabias crimes across the globe reveal Riyadhs mercenary nature. A six- or seven-year-old Saudi boy, while on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Medina with his Shia mother, was barbarously killed for unknown ...

Press TV - Like previous years, the Iranian government has established a central hospital along with a number of clinics for Iranians who are in the holy city of Medina for Hajj pilgrimage. Press TV correspondent Mahmoud Habibi has paid a visit to the central hospital and filed this report.

Press TV - With the beginning of Hajj season in Saudi Arabia, Iranian pilgrims head toward the country to perform Hajj rituals. Iranians resume the annual pilgrimage after their last year's absence which followed the Mina tragedy, leaving 460 Iranian pilgrims dead. The event also comes amid high tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia over a number ...

IRNA A ten-member delegation from Iran's foreign ministry arrived in Medina on Thursday morning to prepare grounds for this year Hajj ritual ceremony. Upon their arrival, the Iranian delegation was welcomed by the head of Medina headquarters Akbar Rezaei along with a number of Iranian Hajj officials. Saudi Arabia after 40 days of delay finally ...

Press TV - Muslims have held an anti-Saudi protest rally in Washington to commemorate the 92th anniversary Riyadhs demolition of the historically revered cemetery of Jannat al-Baqi(Garden of Paradise) in the holy city of Medina. During Mondays event, demonstrators denounced the radical Wahhabi ideology which has inspired the Takfiri Daesh terrorists ...

Two bomb blasts have hit near a Shia mosque in Saudi Arabias eastern city of Qatif while a third bomb has gone off close to a security headquarters at Prophet's Mosque in the western city of Medina. Witnesses said Monday that they saw body parts at the site of the explosion near Qatif's Faraj al-Omran mosque, which is frequented by people in the ...

Medina (formerly Yathrib), city of Prophet Moahmmad is delighting on Mabath. Muslims around the world celebrate Mabath Eid on 27th Rajab (7th month of lunar year) when Prophet Mohammad was appointed to the Prophetic Mission and his prophethood commenced from the same day.   [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="595"] Al-Baqi' cemetery behind ...

[caption id="attachment_28890" align="alignright" width="180"] File photo shows an Iran Air Airbus A300-605R passenger plane.[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- A Saudi Arabian Airlines jet made an emergency landing in Muslim holy city Medina in the West of the kingdom on Sunday, injuring 29 people, an aviation authority spokesman said. The Saudia aircraft ...