Motivated by Wahhabism, which has dominated Saudi Arabia for decades, the incumbent regime in Riyadh is hell-bent on wiping Muslim heritage from the Hejaz region.

Heavy rains lashed down on Muslim pilgrims from around the world during the second day of the annual hajj pilgrimage.

Muslim pilgrims poured onto the plain of Arafat, south-east of Mecca to mark the Day of Arafat during the pilgrimage.

Saudi Arabian security forces took part in a military parade in Mecca on Sunday (August 4) as pilgrims around the world started to converge towards the Muslim holy city for the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Muslims in their hundreds of thousands have begun arriving in Mecca.

Qatar says it rejects the anti-Iran statements of the recent Mecca summits as they had been prepared in advance without consulting Doha.

Syria has rejected a final communique issued following a Saudi-hosted summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Mecca.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has urged member countries to take "appropriate measures" against countries that move their embassies to Jerusalem al-Quds.

The Syrian government has described Iran’s presence in the crisis-ridden Arab country as “legitimate and lawful.”

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammd Javad Zarif says the holy occupied city of al-Quds belongs to Palestine.