the Great Mosque of Mecca, which millions of pilgrims journey to each year. Construction began in 2002 and necessitated the demolition of the Ajyad Fortress, an 18th-century Ottoman citadel which ...

Mecca, closed to non-Muslims, is home to the Kaaba - a cube structure draped in black cloth embroidered in gold located at the heart of the mosque. The Great Mosque of Mecca with its Ottoman ...

the Great Mosque of Mecca. The central hotel tower, which is the Makkah Clock Royal Tower, is the fourth-tallest building and ...

A video capturing a scuffle between a woman and a security guard at Mecca’s Grand Mosque has gone viral, amassing 3.5 million views and sparking debate online. A viral video circulating on X has ...

Three emergency centres are operating inside the Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site in the Saudi city of Mecca to serve worshippers converging on the place from inside and outside the kingdom.

Dubai: For the first time in over a decade, the skyline of Mecca’s Grand Mosque stands unobstructed — free of the towering construction cranes that have long defined its silhouette.

Supplied Cairo: Saudi authorities have urged pilgrims not to stand for too long next to a revered stone in the Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest place in the city of Mecca, saying the behaviour ...