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.

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister has warned that Israel’s bloody onslaught on the Gaza Strip is affecting the entire West Asia region, including southern Lebanon.

Iran’s interim Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani hails the current state of bilateral relations between Tehran and Riyadh, stressing that the ties are developing progressively.

Saudi Arabia puts the death toll during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage to at least 1,301 so far, blaming intense heat for the majority of the cases.

If the current financial order collapses, the United States will turn to the world’s worst country in penury right away.   

Muslims around the world mark the Eid al-Adha (the Feast of the Sacrifice) as this year’s celebrations are overshadowed by Israel’s continued onslaught on the Gaza Strip and its deadly violence in the West Bank.

Millions of Muslim pilgrims from around the globe have started the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, as the war on Gaza rages.