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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 II underwent a successful surgery on Tuesday to treat an incisional hernia, the royal court said in a statement. The statement said the monarch was discharged from the King Hussein Medical Center in Amman after the minor operation. “He will resume his daily schedule tomorrow,” it added.

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.