Middle East Travel News

A UTTOXETER minister has just returned from the trip of a lifetime as he went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

It is said in the Hadith that during Ramadan, a pilgrimage to the Kaaba is the equivalent of going on Hajj with the Prophet himself.

Dubai is a city of superlatives, so it is no surprise that the city will be home to a new project , the Mall of the World, that is being trumpeted as both the world's largest mall and the world's first climate-controlled city.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks during a press conference at the defense ministry in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on Friday, July 11, 2014.

The Jewish Community Center canceled a planned trip for a group of 23 Jewish teenagers from the North Shore this week because of continued rocket attacks in Israel.

A Lebanese army expert dismantles two rockets that were found ready to fire into northern Israel, in the southern Lebanese village of Al-Mari, Lebanon, Friday, July.

Israelis run for cover as the Color Red siren sounds in Sderot, southern Israel, on the third day of Operation Protective Edge, Thursday July 10, 2014.

In this June 17, 2014, photo, Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths, left, a 56-year-old Briton, talks with one of his Emirati staff while he is visiting the Joint Control Room which is essentially the nerve center of operations for the airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

In this June 17, 2014, photo, Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths, left, a 56-year-old Briton, talks with one of his Emirati staff while he is visiting the Joint Control Room which is essentially the nerve center of operations for the airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Foreign Minister, John Baird, was forced to mend relations with the UAE in recent years after a dispute over airline landing rights, cutting off Canadian access to a military base.

Imagine a skyscraper that cleans the air. You won't have to wait long -- two will soon be built in China.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will commence daily flights to Madrid on 29 March 2015, marking its first service to Spain and its 20th destination in Europe.

The Iron Dome missile defense system launches an intercepting missile near the Gaza border in southern Israel on Tuesday, the first day of Operation Protective Edge.

The Iraqi soldier says he abandoned the army last week in despair. And while he still plans to fight he will not rejoin the unit he deserted in the western city of Ramadi.

Israelis take cover in an underground parking lot as an air raid siren, warning of incoming rockets, sounds in southern Tel Aviv July 10, 2014.

A World Health Organization official on Thursday urged millions of Muslims making the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to exercise basic hygiene as mass gatherings pose risks of spreading the Middle East respiratory syndrome.

When Pope Francis visited the Holy Land in May, he wasn't there as an emissary to the Muslims or to the Jews in the area.

Syria, graced with thousands of historic sites, is seeing its cultural heritage vandalised, looted and destroyed by war - but volunteers are doing what they can to document the damage and save the country's cultural identity from obliteration.

The U.S. has armed drones flying over Baghdad to protect U.S. troops that recently arrived to assess Iraq's deteriorating security, the Pentagon said.

Driving to the airport on Wednesday afternoon, I was filled with sadness and incredibly broken spirits.