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The King's operation was announced on the same day it happened King Abdullah of Jordan quietly headed to the hospital for surgery two days after his newest grandchild was born. On Feb. 18, the Royal Hashemite Court announced that the King,

Jordan's King Abdullah left hospital on Tuesday after undergoing minor surgery, the royal palace said. The 63-year-old monarch was admitted earlier in the day for an incisional hernia at the country's King Hussein Medical City.

King Abdullah of Jordan will undergo minor surgery to treat a hernia on Tuesday, the royal palace said. State television quoted a palace official as saying the monarch will stay two hours in the King Hussein Medical Centre,