Hundreds of thousands of white-clad pilgrims, many gripping umbrellas to ward off Saudi Arabia's blistering summer sun, descended on Mecca this week ahead of the annual haj.

'Haj is not a place for political conflicts':Imam of Mecca

In dawn raids on Mecca and the Red Sea city of Jeddah officers arrested five suspects, including a woman, before surrounding the bomber's location around the Grand Mosque

Six hurt as suicide bomber targeting Grand Mosque in Mecca blows himself up

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'Haj is not a place for political conflicts':Imam of Mecca

Six hurt as suicide bomber targeting Grand Mosque in Mecca blows himself up