The Qatari foreign minister on Thursday welcomed Saudi Arabia’s decision to reopen the two countries’ border to Muslim pilgrims, while lashing out at Riyadh’s “politicization” of religious freedoms. “Regardless of the manner in which Qataris were banned from the pilgrimage, which was politicized, and the manner in which they were ...
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has ordered the reopening of the border with Qatar to hajj pilgrims, state media said Thursday, despite a major diplomatic crisis roiling the region. The Salwa border crossing was closed after regional kingpin Saudi Arabia, as well as Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, severed ...
