More Arab and Islamic countries announced this evening that Ramadan of this year 1435 H. will start on Sunday.
Each of Tunisia, Algeria and Libya also announced that tomorrow is the last day of current month of Shaaban and Sunday is the start of this year's fasting month of Ramadan.
Earlier this evening, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Egypt, Jordan, Sudan, Palestine, Indonesia and Malaysia made similar announcements.
However, Yemen remains the only country in the region to announce that tomorrow is the first day of Ramadan.
Eligible Muslims are entitled to abstain from eating and drinking from dawn to sunset during the whole month of Ramadan which is followed by a three-day festive called Eid Al-Fitr.