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FILE PHOTO: A satellite image shows trail of smoke rising from an oil facility, in Jizan, Jazan province, Saudi Arabia, July 26, 2026. Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Saturday, July 25, that they carried out operations targeting Saudi Aramco facilities in Jizan and Yanbu, according to a statement by the group's military spokesperson Yahya Sare. European Union/Copernicus Sentinel-2/Handout via REUTERS
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Members of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces fire a tank during what they say to be clashes with Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis in a location given as near Al-Hazm, Yemen, in this screen grab obtained from a handout video released September 9, 2026. Media Centre Of The Yemeni Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERS
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More than 1,000 die in haj amid scorching temperatures
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Pilgrims brace for brutal heat during Haj
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Defying high prices, Muslim pilgrims head to Mecca for haj
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Mecca businesses see hajj boom ending pandemic slump
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Maskless pilgrims launch largest hajj of COVID era
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Mecca's merchants relieved as foreign pilgrims return to haj
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Visitors trickle back, but climbing mecca Nepal seeks more
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For the first time, Saudi women stand guard in Mecca during haj
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