CAIRO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will gradually begin receiving Umrah pilgrimage requests from abroad for vaccinated pilgrims starting Aug. 9 after about a year and a half of not receiving ...

The index case was placed under compulsory home quarantine in Sandakan after returning from his umrah on Dec 15. (Bernama pic) A local man returning home after performing the umrah has triggered a ...

Umrah Visa Issuance Halted for 14 Countries, Confusion Surrounds Hajj Travel Plans(SPA/AFP) Saudi Arabia has temporarily halted the issuance of Umrah, business, and family visit visas for citizens of ...

The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has confirmed that there is no limit to the number of times pilgrims can perform Umrah, according to a report by the Saudi Gazette. However, the ministry ...

Starting this week, pilgrims fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by certain vaccines from outside the kingdom can apply to join the umrah pilgrimage. By Asmaa al-Omar BEIRUT, Lebanon — Saudi ...

Some 30 of the 49 new Covid-19 infections involving the Omicron variant last week involved Malaysians returning from their umrah in Saudi Arabia. (Noor Hisham Facebook pic) Forty personnel have been ...

PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry is of the view that it was still too early to impose a travel ban for the umrah pilgrimage in Mecca following an increase in Omicron variant cases, says its minister ...

Three intended hajj pilgrims failed to go to Saudi Arabia this year thanks to fraudulence by a hajj agency. , Hajj pilgrims, Saudi Arabia, hajj agency, religious affairs ministry, Sabilul Jannat Air ...

SEPANG: A man failed to join his group on their early flight from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) for an Umrah trip after being stranded for more than eight hours on the highway due to ...