Saudi Arabia on Monday started a crackdown on foreign pilgrims overstaying their Hajj visas, local newspaper Okaz reported. Offenders will have to pay an equivalent of 13,329 US dollars in fine, face six months in jail and deportation, the paper said. Those who transport, recruit or shelter overstayed pilgrims will ...
Riyadh announced an easing of its 18-month air blockade of neighboring Yemen on Wednesday to allow the evacuation of hundreds of wounded from a deadly Saudi air strike that killed and injured nearly 700 people in the weekend. More than 140 people were killed in Saturday’s raid the Yemeni capital ...