Jordan Palace Says King to Receive Spine Surgery in Germany

Jordan Palace Says King to Receive Spine Surgery in Germany
Jordan’s King Abdullah II listens during a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken at Bayt Al Urdon in Amman, Jordan, on May 26, 2021. Alex Brandon/Pool via AP
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AMMAN, Jordan—Jordan’s monarch is traveling to Germany Sunday for a spine surgery, Jordan’s palace announced Saturday.

King Abdullah II, 60, will undergo a surgery to treat “a herniated disk in the thoracic spine” at a hospital in Frankfurt next week, and will return home after a recovery period of one week.