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By Soha Gado JAMARAT, Saudi Arabia -Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims threw pebbles on giant columns symbolising Satan on Saturday, part of the haj

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JEDDAH: The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has launched a performance initiative aimed at measuring pilgrims’ satisfaction at service provision during this year’s Hajj season. Assistant deputy minister of Hajj and Umrah, Hesham Saeed, signed a joint cooperation agreement with acting secretary-general of the coordination council, Dr. Abdullah Al-Muwaihi, in relation to the

DUBAI: The first batch of Hajj pilgrims, consisting of 290 people, arrived in Makkah from Turkey on Sunday. Mete Zaimoglu, the Turkish Consul General in Jeddah, praised the level of services offered by Saudi Arabia to the arriving pilgrims, a report from state news agency SPA noted. Meanwhile, the Kingdom’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah yesterday announced that registration for

RIYADH: The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has closed registration for domestic pilgrims for this year’s Hajj season, adding that the names would be announced later today following a draw. The number of applicants for Hajj from inside Saudi Arabia had reached more than 390,000 requests, the ministry’s official spokesperson Hesham Saeed said. The selection of candidates will