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The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said the first return flights carrying Egyptian tourism pilgrims departed from Makkah on Friday following the completion of this year's pilgrimage rites.
With a ceasefire now holding across the territory following intensive indirect talks between Hamas and Israeli delegations in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh last week, thousands of displaced families in southern Gaza are making their way back to their original neighborhoods.
A total of 80 tourist buses, carrying approximately 7,500 pilgrims, departed smoothly from Mecca and Medina and traveled via the Halat Ammar land crossing on the Saudi-Jordanian border, continuing through the Jordanian port of Aqaba and arriving at Egypt’s Nuweiba port.
Lebanon's Hariri arrived in Cyprus for a meeting with its president on Tuesday, Hariri said on his Twitter feed, ahead of his expected return to Beirut on Wed.
