The Siege of Mecca

Name: The Siege of Mecca
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-06-01
Duration: 52 min
Rating: 4
Cast: HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal, Mark Gregory Hambley, Christian Prouteau, Christian Lambert, Ignace Wodecki

June 1, 2018
Directed by
Dirk van den Berg

On November 20, 1979 at 5:30 in the morning, hundreds of armed men take over the Grand Mosque of Mecca, transforming the holiest shrine of Islam into a fortress and a trap for almost 100,000 pilgrims inside. This was the beginning of the siege of Mecca…