A Saudi prince responds to a tweeter who attacked the Kingdom and those he described as “pilgrims of the Riyadh season”

The Saudi Prince, Abdul Rahman bin Musaed, responded to a blog post that attacked the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia amidst Umrah pilgrims being exposed to danger due to the targeting of Riyadh Airport by the Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen. The post that sparked reactions was published by the owner of the Raed Al Kindi account, and stated: “Riyadh Airport is 900 kilometers away from Mecca...

There is no sane pilgrim who goes to Mecca from Riyadh airport.. Prince Abdul Rahman bin Musaed responded to the post, saying: “Oh Ahimaq..

Most people who go from Riyadh intending to perform Umrah enter into ihram from Riyadh and intend to perform Umrah on the plane as soon as they align with the Miqat (the Miqat of the people of Najd, which is ‘Al-Sail Al-Kabeer’ or ‘Qarn Al-Manazil’). On the plane, on all Saudi flights to Jeddah, the captain of the plane alerts the passengers 15 minutes before arriving at the miqat, and when it is aligned with the miqat, the pilgrim intends in his heart to enter into the ritual and says: “O God, Umrah.”

It is noteworthy that the Houthi group announced on Wednesday that they will continue to target Saudi airports and oil installations in the coming days, according to a statement published on the “X” platform. In a statement on the “X” platform, Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree renewed his warning to international shipping companies and civilians working in them and at Saudi airports of the need to evacuate those facilities immediately.

On Tuesday, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Houthi group exchanged new strikes targeting energy facilities. The Iranian-backed group re-targeted the Saudi capital and struck an administrative building belonging to the giant Saudi oil company, Aramco, after Saudi Arabia had bombed a facility belonging to a Yemeni oil company.