First Flights of Pilgrims Hosted under Custodian of Two Holy Mosques Guests Program Arrive in Madinah

Worshippers perform Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah. (SPA)
Worshippers perform Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah. (SPA)
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First Flights of Pilgrims Hosted under Custodian of Two Holy Mosques Guests Program Arrive in Madinah

Worshippers perform Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah. (SPA)
Worshippers perform Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah. (SPA)

The first flights of pilgrims hosted under the Custodian of Two Holy Mosques Guests Program arrived in Madinah after having performed Hajj in Makkah.

Other people who performed the pilgrimage under this program are expected to arrive in Madinah by bus this week.

Under the program, 4,951 people from 92 countries have performed Hajj this year. They include 1,000 members of the families of Palestinian martyrs and injured, 1,000 members of the families of Saudi martyred and injured in Operation Decisive Storm, 1,000 members of families of Yemeni martyrs and injured, 280 Syrians, 150 Yemenis, and 91 other pilgrims.

The 28-year program is organized yearly under the supervision of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance.

Since its launch, it has hosted over 62,000 pilgrims from 140 countries. The program services include receiving pilgrims at points of entry into the Kingdom, providing housing at and transportation between the holy sites, and organizing pilgrims' visits to Madinah before they depart for their countries.



Bahrain Issues Threat Alerts as Iran Says it Attacked US Base

Visitors tour the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Achievements Exhibition at the National Aerospace Park outside Tehran, Iran, 12 November 2026. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
Visitors tour the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Achievements Exhibition at the National Aerospace Park outside Tehran, Iran, 12 November 2026. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
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Bahrain Issues Threat Alerts as Iran Says it Attacked US Base

Visitors tour the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Achievements Exhibition at the National Aerospace Park outside Tehran, Iran, 12 November 2026. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
Visitors tour the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Achievements Exhibition at the National Aerospace Park outside Tehran, Iran, 12 November 2026. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH

Bahrain issued two alerts of potential threats on Sunday, its first such warnings since September, as Iran said it had attacked a US base in the country.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had attacked a US military base in Bahrain in retaliation for "hostile US actions,” Iran's Fars news agency reported.

The Revolutionary Guards said they had launched six drones targeting a US air-defense radar at the Al-Rifaa helicopter base in ⁠Bahrain, Iranian state-run Press ⁠TV reported.

Bahrain, home to the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, urged citizens and residents to remain calm and proceed to the nearest safe location, the interior ministry said.

President Donald Trump has said in recent days that he might hold off on attacking Iran if the US faces no new provocations from Tehran or the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, but that he would maintain a US naval blockade, Reuters reported on Saturday.


Arab Coalition Intercepts Missiles Towards Riyadh, Drones in Eastern Province

Official Spokesperson of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Major General Turki Al-Malki
Official Spokesperson of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Major General Turki Al-Malki
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Arab Coalition Intercepts Missiles Towards Riyadh, Drones in Eastern Province

Official Spokesperson of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Major General Turki Al-Malki
Official Spokesperson of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Major General Turki Al-Malki

The Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen said on Sunday it had intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles launched towards the Saudi capital Riyadh and three drones in the Kingdom's Eastern Province.

"Air defenses intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi terrorist militia toward Riyadh," Official Spokesperson of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Major General Turki Al-Malki said.

He earlier said in separate statements that Saudi air defenses had destroyed three drones in the country's Eastern region.


Saudi Arabia and 17 Arab, Islamic Countries Condemn Israeli Strike on Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza

 People inspect damage to Nasser Hospital after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike overnight in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP)
People inspect damage to Nasser Hospital after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike overnight in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP)
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Saudi Arabia and 17 Arab, Islamic Countries Condemn Israeli Strike on Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza

 People inspect damage to Nasser Hospital after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike overnight in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP)
People inspect damage to Nasser Hospital after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike overnight in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP)

Saudi Arabia and 17 Arab and Islamic countries strongly condemned on Saturday the Israeli on the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis earlier this week.

The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Palestine, Djibouti, Somalia, Oman, Mauritania, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Türkiye, Pakistan, Indonesia, Lebanon, and Algeria slammed the attack “as a violation of international humanitarian law, which affords special protection to medical facilities and healthcare workers.”

In a statement, they also condemned “continued Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians, including strikes on tents and other sites sheltering displaced persons.”

“These attacks undermine the ceasefire and efforts to restore security and stability in Gaza and are inconsistent with President Trump’s Comprehensive Plan,” they added.

An Israeli airstrike hit one of the main hospitals still operating in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing six people and wounding 28 others.

The Israeli military said the strike on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza targeted an unidentified Hamas commander and other fighters, without providing evidence.

The FMs expressed on Saturday “grave concern that continued Israeli restrictions on humanitarian aid, shelter materials, including tents, caravans and mobile homes, as well as medical supplies are deepening Gaza's humanitarian catastrophe as winter approaches.”

“Inadequate shelter and deteriorating water, sanitation and healthcare services put civilian lives at grave risk, particularly those of children and infants, who could once again die from exposure to freezing temperatures,” they warned.

The FMs called on Israel “to heed appeals from the international community and the Board of Peace, for increased aid and to fulfil immediately and in full its obligations under the Sharm El-Sheikh Agreement, President Trump's Comprehensive Plan and United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803.”

“Israel must uphold the ceasefire, protect civilians and medical facilities, and ensure the safe, sustained and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid in sufficient quantities, including shelter and early recovery supplies and equipment to restore essential infrastructure,” they demanded.

“It must also allow UN agencies and humanitarian organizations to carry out their mandates without obstruction,” they said.

“These first-phase commitments were due to take effect upon signature. Israel must implement them without further delay or additional conditions, including political and security conditions, that impede humanitarian access,” they continued.

“Urgent humanitarian assistance must proceed independently of progress on subsequent phases. The ministers called on the United States and the Board of Peace, within their respective roles, to intensify their efforts to ensure Israel's full implementation of these commitments and the lifting of all restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid, thereby preserving the credibility of the agreements and consolidating the ceasefire,” they stressed.

The ministers reaffirmed their determination “to work with regional and international partners to consolidate the ceasefire, implement all phases of the Plan and scale up humanitarian assistance to alleviate the suffering of the brotherly Palestinian people.”