Saudi receives first foreign haj pilgrims since before pandemic June 03, 2022 at 11:12PM

The group from Indonesia landed in the city of Medina and was set to travel south to the holy city of Mecca in the coming weeks to prepare for the haj next month, state media reported. "Today we received the first group of this year's pilgrims from Indonesia, and the flights will continue from Malaysia and India," Mohammed al-Bijawi of the country's Haj ministry told a state-run channel.