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FILE - In this Monday, March 8, 2004 file photo, an industrial plant strips natural gas from freshly pumped crude oil is seen at Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oil field at Shaybah in Saudi Arabia's Rub al-Khali desert. Saudi state TV reported Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, that a fire had been controlled at the massive oil and gas Shaybah field after a drone attack claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels. (AP Photo/Bruce Stanley, File)

Yemen rebel drone attack targets remote Saudi oil field

Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq is warning the U.S. against embracing rebel leader Khalifa Haftar, a former Libyan army colonel with alleged CIA ties. "I think President Trump may have gotten the wrong message from allies or advisers about Haftar," he said. "It is our government in Tripoli, not Haftar, that is the main ally of the U.S. as a force to fight terrorism in Libya and North Africa." (Associated Press)

Libyan official urges Trump administration to take lead on peace, stability

UAE-backed separatists pull back after seizing Yemen’s Aden

A Muslim pilgrim prays as he watches thousands of pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, ahead of the Hajj pilgrimage in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims have arrived in the kingdom to participate in the annual hajj pilgrimage, which starts Saturday, a ritual required of all able-bodied Muslims at least once in their life. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Over 2 million Muslims in Mecca for start of hajj pilgrimage

In this July 31, 2019, photo, Temel Atacocugu, who was shot nine times during the Christchurch mosque attacks, tries on the clothes he will wear during the Hajj pilgrimage, in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is among 200 survivors and relatives from the Christchurch mosque shootings who are traveling to Saudi Arabia as guests of King Salman for the Hajj pilgrimage, a trip many hope will help them to heal.(AP Photo/Nick Perry)

Hajj trip may help Christchurch mosque victims heal

In this June 22, 2018, file photo, women wait in line to ride go carts at a road safety event for female drivers launched at the Riyadh Park Mall in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia has issued new laws that grant women greater freedoms by allowing any citizen to apply for a passport and travel freely, ending a long-standing and controversial guardianship policy that had required male consent for a woman to travel or carry a passport. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Saudi Arabia allows women to travel without male consent

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, holds a bilateral meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Osaka, western Japan Saturday, June 29, 2019. (Yuri Kadobnov/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. religious rights officials hit Saudis for detaining blogger

President Donald Trump welcomes first responders before signing H.R. 1327, an act ensuring that a victims' compensation fund related to the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, July 29, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate bows to Trump vetoes, allows Saudi arms sales

AP Explains: How Emirates troop drawdown impacts Yemen’s war

Senators advance bill to punish, sanction Saudi Arabia

After Trump vetoes, Hill opponents eye new moves against Saudis

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2019, as he departs for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and onto Wheeling, W. Va., for a fundraiser. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump vetoes resolutions blocking arms sales to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

In this Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, file photo, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Eliot Engel D-N.Y., speaks during the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on Venezuela at Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

House votes to block Saudi weapons deals despite Trump veto threat

In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019, photo, North Koreans hold cards to make an image depicting a worker and a farmer during a mass game performance of &quot;The Land of the People&quot; at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

North and South Korea to meet in 2022 World Cup qualifiers

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Saudi Arabia said 1.85 million pilgrims from more than 160 different countries traveled to the kingdom for the hajj this year.

Muslims mark Eid and final days of hajj in Saudi Arabia →

The U.S. consulate in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia said some 20,000 U.S. citizens and residents were expected to take part in this year's hajj.

Over 2 million Muslims in Mecca for start of hajj pilgrimage →

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