Saudi foreign minister’s spinal surgery in US successful

Saudi FM receives spinal surgery in the US

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia has announced that its long serving foreign minister had successful spinal surgery in the United States.

The state news agency reported late Saturday that Prince Saud al-Faisal had surgery on the vertebrae in his neck and will return home upon full recovery.

Prince Saud, who is in his 70s now, is the eldest son of the late King Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz, and lately had been suffering from back problems.

He became foreign minister in 1975. Prior to that he was the kingdom’s oil minister.