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The empty terminal at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where the escalation has raised alarm for nearly 60,000 Indonesians recorded by the Haj Ministry performing umrah in Saudi Arabia during Ramadan.

The empty terminal at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. The escalation has raised alarm for nearly 60,000 Indonesians performing umrah in Saudi Arabia.

PHOTO: AFP

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JAKARTA - In the wake of the United States-Israeli war on Iran, markets are shaken and hundreds of thousands of Indonesians in the Middle East are left fearing an escalating war during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan.

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