Saudi Arabia's elderly monarch will travel to the U.S. to seek medical care after being hospitalized late last week, according to a statement released by his palace on Sunday.
On Friday, the palace announced that King Abdullah bin Abdelaziz al-Saud, believed to be 86 years old, was suffering from a herniated disc, a relatively routine but painful back ailment, which the palace said required him to rest. Another statement the same day said the king had been hospitalized with a blood accumulation in the spine. He was photographed in a wheelchair greeting well-wishers.
via online.wsj.com
