Kuwait: Emir Sheikh Sabah has surgery in US
Issue 966
- 25 Mar 2014
| 1 minute read
Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah has had “successful minor surgery” in the United States, and left hospital on 5 March. The emiri diwan said he had received phone calls wishing him a quick recovery from dignitaries including the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki and Turkish President Abdullah Gul. While in the US, he visited his nephew Sheikh Mubarak Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, who has been having medical treatment there for some time, “to check on his well-being and the medical care he is receiving”.
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