The Great Mosque of Mecca is the holiest site in Islam and one of the largest religious complexes ever built. At its center stands the Kaaba, toward which Muslims around the world pray and around ...

The voice of the muezzin of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, also known as Masjid al-Haram, has fallen silent. Sheikh Ibrahim bin ...

Haram, the mosque surrounding the Kaaba, and held parts of the complex for nearly two weeks. In the latest incident, Saudi ...

Tuesday’s attempted drone attack on Mecca in Saudi Arabia has revived memories of the 1979 siege of the Grand Mosque. On November 20, around 600 men, led by preacher Juhayman al-Utaybi, seized the ...

The recent interception of an incoming Houthi attack drone south of Mecca by Saudi air defense batteries has reawakened ...

The Iran-backed Yemeni rebels denied targeting the city in their escalating campaign against the key U.S. ally.

As the war between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthis escalates, Riyadh has made a bold claim. Saudi Arabia has accused the Houthis of an attempted attack on Mecca, the holiest city in Islam and ...

Sheikh Ibrahim bin Adel Al Madani, a muezzin at Mecca’s Grand Mosque (Masjid al-Haram), died in the early hours of Monday at around 51. Saudi Arabia’s official Al-Ekhbariya channel confirmed the death ...