The Siege of Mecca

On November 20, 1979, at 5:30 AM, hundreds of heavily armed men took over the Grand Mosque of Mecca, the beginning of the “Siege of Mecca.” Within minutes, they transformed the holiest shrine of Islam into a fortress—and a trap for almost 100,000 pilgrims inside. This film finally reveals what really happened during the siege, what consequences it had and how it still affects the world today.