The president of Yemen's Supreme Political Council says those who gifted Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted American sex trafficker, the Kaaba cover are the ones targeting Mecca and other holy Muslim sites.

Ansarullah reiterates Sana’a’s rejection of Saudi Arabia’s allegations of Yemeni Armed Forces’ threatening to target holy sites in the Saudi city of Mecca.

Yemen’s military sources dismiss the claim that the country has threatened to target holy sites in the Saudi city of Mecca.

Saudi Arabia has signed a joint defense agreement with Turkey, and Pakistan with the aim of enhancing collective security and defense cooperation, amid the declining military power of the United States in the region.

Saudi forces detained an Egyptian pilgrim in the holy city of Mecca for raising the Palestinian flag and protesting the Israeli-imposed siege and starvation in Gaza.

Saudi police have reportedly detained a female Palestinian pilgrim for displaying the flag of Palestine in Mecca.

Hajj rituals have officially begun with over 2 million Muslims including 87 thousand Iranians gathering on the plain of Arafat.