The Hajj Tragedy Triggers a Saudi-Iranian Confrontation
Saudi security forces block the way to an area where a stampede occurred at the camp city at Mina, near the holy city of Mecca September 24. More than 700 pilgrims from around the world were killed in a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi authorities said, in the worst disaster to strike the annual haj pilgrimage for 25 years. The tragedy has become a virulent political controversy for Saudi Arabia, the author writes, especially with its Iranian nemesis./ The tragedy at the Hajj in Mecca has become a virulent political ...
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