An Israeli military vehicle has rammed into a van carrying pilgrims early Saturday morning in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, causing panic among the passengers.

Saudi authorities release Iranian cleric and media activist Seyyed Kazem Rouhbakhsh, whom they detained in the kingdom during his Hajj pilgrimage.

Regular flights between the Syrian capital of Damascus and Saudi Arabia have resumed for the first time in more than a decade of foreign-backed militancy.

Given that at least 1,300 pilgrims lost their lives in this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, it’s important for Saudi authorities to learn from Iraqis the art of managing a pilgrimage.

As the Hajj season draws to a close, pilgrims engage in the concluding rituals of their sacred journey.

Over two million Muslims from around the world, including 87,000 Iranians, are now in Mecca to participate in the annual pilgrimage of Hajj.

Nasser Kan'ani has described this year’s Hajj rituals as “a practice of jihad” as well as an opportunity for Muslim nations to reject Israel and its supporter, the United States, amid the occupying regime’s war on Gaza.