Nearly 2.5 million Muslim hajj pilgrims converged on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia Saturday marshalled by tens of thousands of stewards in a bid to prevent any repetition of previous years’ deadly ...

This year is the first time that Saudi Arabia has chosen to go ahead with the annual Hajj pilgrimage while it is also in the middle of a war that has seen direct strikes on Saudi territory. The Hajj ...

Tears flowed and prayers filled the air as the annual Muslim hajj pilgrimage by almost two million believers from around the world reached its zenith Friday on a vast Saudi plain. “I am now a newborn ...

ARAFAT, 27 May (BelTA - Emirates News Agency) - The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) of Saudi Arabia announced today that the total number of pilgrims for the 1447 AH Hajj season reached ...

Saudi Arabia has solidified its position as a global model in advanced crowd management, leveraging sophisticated technology ...

GASTAT is the Saudi government agency responsible for compiling the annual Hajj census. The official statistics, released for the 2026 Hajj season, covers both male and female pilgrims, who ...