BREAKING_NEWS: Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah dies at 90

Throngs of

mourners

gathered in

Mecca early

Friday just hours

after Saudi

Arabia’s King

Abdullah bin

Abdulaziz al Saud

died. He was 90.



Prince Salman

bin Abdulaziz

was appointed as

the new king,

state television

reported.​



The

announcement

of Abdullah’s

death comes

several weeks

after the state-

run Saudi Press

Agency said he

was suffering

from pneumonia

and had been

admitted to the

hospital.



Services will be

held Friday

afternoon at the

Imam Turki Bin

Abdullah Grand

Mosque in

Riyadh, and

many world

leaders are likely

to pay their

respects.



Jordan’s King

Abdullah cut

short his visit to

Davos, and is

heading to

Riyadh,

according to a

Jordanian

government

source.



“King Abdullah’s

life spanned from

before the birth

of modern Saudi

Arabia through

its emergence as

a critical force

within the global

economy and a

leader among

Arab and Islamic

nations,” U.S.



President Barack

Obama said in a

statement.

“As our countries

worked together

to confront

many challenges,

I always valued

King Abdullah’s

perspective and

appreciated our

genuine and

warm friendship.



As a leader, he

was always

candid and had

the courage of

his convictions.”

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