Queen Rania’s 1st batch of umrah mission to depart Tuesday

AMMAN — The first batch of Her Majesty Queen Rania’s mission to perform umrah (the lesser Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca) in Ramadan is scheduled to head to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. 

A total of 550 women were chosen to participate from across the Kingdom, representing families of security personnel who died in the line of duty, military retirees, social activists and beneficiaries of charity and cooperative associations, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. 

The first and second batch of the mission will depart on Tuesday and Wednesday from Amman, Irbid, Mafraq, Tafileh, Maan and Aqaba, while the third and fourth batches will depart in the middle of the month from Karak, Madaba, Jerash, Zarqa and Ajloun. 

Her Majesty is expected to join one of the batches.