After Closure of Mecca, Saudi Authorities Impose Siege on People of Al-Qatif

The Saudi Ministry of Interior announced today, Sunday, the temporary suspension of entry and exit from Al-Qatif Governorate, confirming the suspension of work also in all government departments and institutions in the governorate. “The 11 cases of Coronavirus infected in the country are residents of Al-Qatif governorate,” the Saudi News Agency quoted SPA as saying of the Saudi Ministry of Interior in its statement.

An official source in the Saudi Ministry of Interior claimed that, because all of the cases of Corona virus recorded in the country are residents of Al-Qatif Governorate, according to his claim. It has been decided to temporarily suspend entry and exit from Al-Qatif Governorate, while enabling the returnees of the residents of the province to reach their homes.

The measures of the Saudi regime targeting the Qatif Province and its residents come in conjunction with measures targeting the Two Holy Mosques in Mecca and Medina. While forums remained, the banquet halls crowded and open to expatriates from inside and outside Saudi Arabia without any precautionary measures and precautions, which puts many question marks in front of the justifications for the precautions and harassment imposed by the authorities of the Saudi regime on the people of Al-Qatif and the holy sites?