More than 1.5 million foreign Muslims arrive in Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimage
More than 1.5 million foreign Muslims arrive in Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimage MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi officials say more than 1.5 million foreign Muslim pilgrims have streamed into Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca since Tuesday, ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental scale. Saudi officials have said they expect the number of pilgrims this year to exceed...