 Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, a U.S. ally and ruler of the oil giant that has been fighting al Qaeda, has been hospitalised but officials said he was doing well.
| "Oh, yasss! His condition is very stable!" |
Fears about the king's health had heightened on Friday after a royal statement urged the monarch's subjects to pray for his recovery. Medical sources said the king, incapacitated by a stroke in 1995, had pneumonia and high fever. But the official SPA news agency quoted an official as saying: "King Fahd is well, thank God, and the medical tests he is undergoing are proceeding in a normal way." The royal statement gave no details on the condition of Fahd, who is in his early 80s. |