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Jordan’s King Abdullah Leaves Hospital after Minor Surgery, Palace Says

King Abdullah II of Jordan speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
King Abdullah II of Jordan speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
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Jordan’s King Abdullah Leaves Hospital after Minor Surgery, Palace Says

King Abdullah II of Jordan speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
King Abdullah II of Jordan speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Jordan's King Abdullah II 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.

He is set to resume his working schedule on Wednesday, according to the royal palace.

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Sudan Army Surrounds Khartoum Airport and Nearby Areas 

A fighter loyal to the army patrols a market area in Khartoum on March 24, 2025. (AFP)
A fighter loyal to the army patrols a market area in Khartoum on March 24, 2025. (AFP)
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Sudan Army Surrounds Khartoum Airport and Nearby Areas 

A fighter loyal to the army patrols a market area in Khartoum on March 24, 2025. (AFP)
A fighter loyal to the army patrols a market area in Khartoum on March 24, 2025. (AFP)

The Sudanese army is encircling Khartoum airport and surrounding areas, two military sources told Reuters on Wednesday, marking another gain in its two-year-old war with a rival armed group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Separately, Sudan's army said in a statement it had taken control of the Tiba al-Hassanab camp in Jabal Awliya, describing this as the RSF's main base in central Sudan and its last stronghold in Khartoum.

The army had long been on the back foot in a conflict that threatens to partition the country and has caused a humanitarian disaster. But it has recently made gains and has retaken territory from the RSF in the center of the country.

The army seized control of the presidential palace in downtown Khartoum on Friday.

Witnesses said on Wednesday that RSF had mainly stationed its forces in southern Khartoum to secure their withdrawal from the capital via bridges to the neighboring city of Omdurman.

The UN calls the situation in Sudan the world's largest humanitarian crisis, with famine in several locations and disease across the country of 50 million people.

The war erupted two years ago as Sudan was planning a transition to democratic rule.

The army and RSF had joined forces after forcing Omar al-Bashir from power in 2019 and later in ousting the civilian leadership.