PM Barzani extends condolences to family of Kuwaiti Emir Nawaf Al-Sabah

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani in a post on X on Saturday extended his "deepest condolences" to the Al-Sabah family over the passing of Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Sabah.

"It is with great sadness that we received news of the death of His Highness Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait," Prime Minister Barzani wrote.

Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al-Sabah passed away at the age of 86 on Saturday.

The Kuwaiti emir was admitted to hospital in late November, the court announced at the time, citing an “emergency health problem,” without elaborating further on the condition.

The late ruler reportedly visited the US in Mar. 2021 for medical checks.

Sheikh Nawaf was sworn in as Emir after his half-brother, the late Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, passed away at the age of 91 in Sept. 2020.

Prior to his role as the country’s emir, Al-Sabah was Kuwait’s minister of defense from Jan. 1988 until the country’s liberation from Iraq after the conclusion of the Gulf War in 1991.