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20 pilgrims dead in bus crash en route to Saudi Arabia’s Mecca

Almost every pilgrimage season witnesses deadly accidents in Saudi Arabia.

OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images
Syrians from Idlib province ride a bus in the town of Binnish that will drive them to the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, from where they will travel to Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage, on July 22, 2019. — OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images

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