Saudi authorities have moved to tackle a baboon invasion of Mecca, Taif and Asir, local media reported. Saudi Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Abdul Rahman Al Fadhli, has instructed ...

Taif was a city the prophet visited early in his spiritual career to spread his message and in the hope of winning supporters to protect him from his increasingly hostile clansmen in Mecca As ...

AFP Cairo: Municipal authorities in the Saudi city of Taif, a key stop for pilgrims en route to Mecca, have announced a full-scale mobilization to provide seamless services to the faithful during ...

The existing Taif International Airport (TIA) serves the city of Taif, in the east of Saudi Arabia, near Mecca. The airport was registered as a regional airport by GACA in 2009, following the start of ...

RIYADH, May 8 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is planning to build a new international airport to serve pilgrims to Mecca in the nearby city of Taif, its General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA ...

visited Taif, and then spent three days preparing for the journey ahead. Early on Monday, at 3:00 a.m., the riders set off from Mecca towards the King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), which is ...

All sectors of the Taif municipality, located about 75km from Mecca, have raised their preparedness levels to implement a Hajj-related plan launched by the city’s mayor, Abdullah Al Zaidi. The ...