Hajj 2024 News Saudi Arabia. Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into saudi arabia’s holy city of mecca for the hajj, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental scale. More than 1,300 people died making the islamic pilgrimage of hajj in saudi arabia this month, the vast majority of whom the saudi government said did not have.

Mr al rabiah said 250,000 pilgrims used the makkah route, which enables those travelling from 11 airports in seven countries to complete entry formalities for. Saudi arabia’s minister of hajj and umrah, tawfiq al rabiah, has officially announced the start of operational activities for this year’s hajj season,.