By ARAB NEWS

MAKKAH: About 33,000 pilgrims from Iraq will perform Haj this year, local daily Al-Madinah reported yesterday quoting the adviser to the president of the Iraqi Supreme Haj Authority.

Hussein Jumaa said the authority would train the Iraqi pilgrims on the best and correct methods of performing the ritual before they depart for the Kingdom. The adviser made the statements after a meeting with the chairman of the Tawafa Establishment for Pilgrims of Arab Countries Faisal bin Muhammad Nuh.

Members of the Iraqi Haj mission and members of the board of directors of the Tawafa establishment attended the meeting that discussed all matters related to the Iraqi pilgrims.