Al-Mashriq reported, citing Al-Jazeera, that a number of Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Oman, have declared Saturday as the first day of the holy month of Ramadan.

A number of Arab and Islamic countries, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, Mauritania, Indonesia, and Malaysia, have declared Saturday as the first day of the holy month of Ramadan.

Al-Arabiya TV also announced that the crescent moon has been sighted at the Tamir and Sudir observatories in Saudi Arabia, and therefore, in this country, tomorrow, Saturday, will be the first day of the holy month of Ramadan.

According to reports, it is likely that a number of other Arab and Islamic countries, including Iran, will observe the first day of the holy month of Ramadan on Sunday.

Iraqi Shiite cleric Ayatollah Sistani also declared the first day of the holy month of Ramadan on Sunday..