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Sun, Oct 9 2011 Saudi king in hospital for back operation Tweet Share this Email Print Factbox Factbox: History of Iranian-Saudi relations Wed, Oct 12 2011 Related News Alleged Iran plot may have violated U.N. treaty Thu, Oct 13 2011 Saudi Arabia weighs response to alleged Iran plot Thu, Oct 13 2011 Saudis, U.S. trade charges with Iran over plot Wed, Oct 12 2011 Alleged bomb plot seen heating Middle East Cold War Wed, Oct 12 2011 Analysis & Opinion Saudi Arabia and Austria defend plan for interfaith dialogue centre in Vienna Princes and clerics guide pace of Saudi reforms Related Topics World » Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah receives U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (unseen) at the king's Riyadh Palace in Saudi Arabia April 6, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Chip Somodevilla/Pool DUBAI | Sun Oct 16, 2011 5:15pm EDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah arrived at hospital in Riyadh Sunday to undergo back surgery, the world's top oil exporter said. The king arrived at the King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh earlier Sunday, the state news agency SPA said. The ruler of the conservative Islamic kingdom, who is thought to be 88, suffered a herniated disc late last year requiring surgery in the United States. Tuesday the conservative Islamic kingdom said Abdullah would undergo surgery in the coming days to tighten the connectors around his third vertebra. King Abdullah's health has been a matter of keen interest in the conservative Islamic kingdom, where the system of politics is strictly hierarchical and doubts linger over the ruling family's long term succession plans. His heir is Crown Prince Sultan, who is in his mid 80s, has been in the United States since June seeking medical treatment, and was described in a 2009 U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks as "to all intents and purposes incapacitated." The next-in-line after Sultan is widely assumed to be Prince Nayef, the interior minister since 1975, who is in his late 70s and has a reputation as more conservative than his elder brothers the king and crown prince. Unlike in European monarchies, the line of succession does not move directly from father to eldest son, but has moved down a line of brothers born to the kingdom's founder Ibn Saud, who died in 1953. So far five brothers have become king and around 20 are still alive, but only a few of those are thought realistic candidates to rule Saudi Arabia. Abdullah became king in 2005, but had already ruled as de facto regent since King Fahd suffered a stroke in 1995. The leader of the West's foremost Gulf ally has given Saudi backing to U.S.-led efforts to confront and constrain Islamist militant groups including al Qaeda and has pushed Washington to support greater rights for Palestinians. 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