{"id":61870,"date":"2026-05-31T16:49:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T15:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=61870"},"modified":"2026-05-31T16:49:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T15:49:37","slug":"first-group-of-algerian-pilgrims-return-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=61870","title":{"rendered":"First Group of Algerian Pilgrims Returns Home Safely from Holy Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first group of Algerian pilgrims has successfully returned to Algerian soil, arriving from the holy sites of Mecca and Medina. A total of 399 pilgrims were welcomed at Houari Boumediene Airport by Mr. Redouane Maash, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments.<\/p>\n<h2>Algerian pilgrims return home<\/h2>\n<p>The arrival ceremony was attended by representatives from various ministries and organizations involved in the Hajj season&#39;s organization. They observed the smooth reception and care process for the pilgrims, highlighting the continuous coordination among all stakeholders to ensure a seamless return journey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related topics:<\/strong> Algeria pilgrims, Hajj return, religious affairs, Mecca, Medina, Houari Boumediene Airport<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch provides English-language coverage of Algeria-focused developments for international readers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first contingent of Algerian pilgrims, numbering 399, has safely returned home from the holy pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, marking a successful&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}