Saudi authorities now require Umrah pilgrims to have confirmed hotel bookings and arranged transport when applying for visas, a rule intended to better manage pilgrim movement and prevent fraudulent ...

Umrah, a voluntary Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, is an important aspect of Islamic tenets. And if you're planning to travel for Umrah this year, there are a few new rules you need to ...

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia said it received more than 2.5 million Umrah pilgrims and issued over 3 million visas for them in less than five months from the beginning of the current season until Thursday, ...

Airline operators providing air charter and scheduled services for pilgrims to the Holy Cities in Saudi Arabia could be seeing record movements this year as the government's Ministry of Haj has ...

It added that the Saudi side promised to increase the number of Umrah visas for Afghanistan and assured full cooperation in ...