Riyadh:
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler, has had prosperous surgery for appendicitis, state media reported late Wednesday.
The 35-year-old prince had “successful laparoscopic surgery (Wednesday) morning for appendicitis at King Faisal Specialist Hospital” in Riyadh, the official Saudi Press Agency reported.
SPA tweeted footage of the prince walking out of the hospital with an entourage and having into the front passenger seat of a auto.
The prince has overseen the most basic transformation of Saudi Arabia in its contemporary history, shaking up the ultraconservative oil giant with an array of financial and social reforms.
But he has also presided more than a crackdown on critics which includes prominent clerics, activists, and royal household members.
He faced a storm of condemnation more than the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate in October 2018.
A US intelligence report — quickly-to-be released — is believed to have concluded that Prince Mohammed was behind the killing.
The White House has stated President Joe Biden will speak with King Salman, not his son the crown prince, when he tends to make his initially phone get in touch with to Saudi leaders.
Biden has not but spoken to the king but is anticipated to do so “soon”.
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