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In five years, the Makkah Route serves 618,000 pilgrims .                                                                                 Source arabnews.com Riyadh: Saudi Arabia's Makkah Route project, which expedites travel and entry procedures for guests from partner nations, is helping an increasing number of Hajj pilgrims. According to the Saudi Press Agency, the program has helped 617,756 Hajj pilgrims from Morocco, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkiye, and the Ivory Coast so far. The program, which was introduced in 2019 in nations with a majority of Muslims, enables pilgrims to complete all visa, customs, and health formalities at the airport where they originated, saving hours of waiting both before and after arriving in the Kingdom. The method starts with the issuance of electronic visas and the gathering of personal data, and it ends with expedited passport procedures prior to departure. Each pilgrim's flight details and place of residence are marked wi

  Which way do UNSC members lean ahead of this crucial decision on an Israel-Hamas ceasefire?                                                                            Source ALJAZEERA December 8, 2023 The UN Security Council, which is the most powerful body in the organization, will convene today at 14:00 GMT to examine the conflict in Gaza. This comes after Secretary-General Antonio Guterres used a unique procedure to invoke Article 99 in order to push for a ceasefire. At least 1,147 Israelis and 17,177 Palestinians have died in Gaza since October 7. Thousands more people are still missing beneath the ruins of Gaza's demolished structures. The United Arab Emirates (UAE), the sole Arab nation among the 15 members of the UNSC, has pushed for a draft resolution calling for a "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" in response to Antonio Guterres' plea. Which draft resolution is this new one? This will be the sixth resolution proposed since the war began in an attempt to re