Iran threatens to leave 'only Mecca and Medina' untouched if Saudi Arabia does something 'ignorant' Comes after Saudi prince made unusually blunt comments in a nationally-televised interview ...

Hijrat from Mecca to Medina When the people of Quraish persecuted Prophet Hazrat Mohammad and his Muslim companions in Mecca, they along with their companions migrated to Medina. Earlier, many of ...

Of the seven ancient mosques built to commemorate the Battle of the Trench – a key moment in the development of Islam – only two remain. ... Mecca and Medina in numbers.

Iran's Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan has warned that all of Saudi Arabia would be destroyed with the exception of Mecca and Medina if the theocratic kingdom chooses to make any "ignorant" move ...

Yaroslav Trofimov, a reporter with The Wall Street Journal, talks about the 1979 siege of the Grand Mosque at Mecca in Saudi Arabia. It is the holiest site in Islam, and gunmen held it for two weeks.

Five centuries ago, the contours of the modern Middle East were shaped through a series of Ottoman battles. The outcomes of these battles—which shaped the region’s politics, demographics and ...