Former Saudi FM Prince Saud Dies
SUBSCRIPTION SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2015 RAMADAN 24, 1436 AH No: 16578 Omar Sharif, Mighty Mexico ‘Lawrence of rout depleted Emsak: 03:13 Fajer: 03:23 Arabia’ star, dies Cuba 6-0 Dohr: 11:53 Asr: 15:28 Maghreb: 18:50 24 48 Eshaa: 20:21 Former Saudi FM Min 32º 150 Fils Prince Saud dies Max 47º Amir offers condolences • Tributes pour in for long-serving ex-FM RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the secretary general of the Organization of who was the world’s longest-serving foreign Islamic Cooperation, the world’s largest body of minister with 40 years in the post until his retire- Muslim nations, said the prince fought major ment this year, has died, the ministry political battles in his career for the sake of his spokesman said Thursday. He was 75. The tall, country and for the Muslim world. stately Prince Saud was a fixture of Mideast He led Saudi diplomacy over a period that diplomacy, representing the oil-rich Gulf pow- saw the kingdom - once better known for erhouse as it wielded its influence in crisis after behind-the-scenes influence - become more crisis shaking the region - from Lebanon’s civil overt in throwing its weight in affairs across the war in the 1970s and 1980s, through multiple Mideast. Tending to the alliance with the rounds of Arab-Israeli peace efforts, the 1990 United States was a major part of that. Iraqi invasion of neighboring Kuwait and the Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait brought US troops subsequent Gulf War, Al-Qaeda’s Sept 11, 2001, to Saudi Arabia, a deployment that raised some attacks in the United States, the 2003 US-led opposition among Saudis.
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