From daybreak, thousands of white-robed worshippers recited Quranic verses on the 230 feet rocky hill near Mecca.

Over 1.5 million faithful gather as annual sacred rites in Mecca officially get under way.

Over 1.5 million Muslims began filling a vast tent city in the holy city of Mecca on Monday for an annual hajj pilgrimage carried out against the backdrop of hopes for an end to…