Saudi Arabia on Monday started a crackdown on foreign pilgrims overstaying their Hajj visas, local newspaper Okaz reported. Offenders will have to pay an equivalent of 13,329 US dollars in fine, face six months in jail and deportation, the paper said. Those who transport, recruit or shelter overstayed pilgrims will ...
At least 16 people were killed, including eight children, in fresh Russian airstrikes Monday on terrorist-held al-Marja district in Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo, according to initial reports. Russia has been using deep-penetration munitions (“bunker-busters”) in Aleppo’s terrorist-held neighborhoods. Described by locals as having the effect of “earthquakes”, such bombs ...