The body of the late Emir of Kuwait is buried

The body of the late Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, was buried today, the day after his death, at the age of 91, in the Sulaibikhat cemetery.

The body of the deceased arrived from the United States of America this afternoon, where he was received by the new Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawwaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, after which the prayer took place in the Bilal bin Rabah mosque, and then moved to be buried in the Sulaibikhat cemetery.

Attendance of the funeral ceremony was restricted to a number of relatives, and the Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs in the State of Kuwait, Sheikh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, announced yesterday the death of Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in the United States of America after a struggle with illness that lasted for several months

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