Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, emir of Kuwait, dies at 86

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave The emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, who led the oil-rich nation for the past three years in a low-key reign focused on trying to resolve internal political disputes, died Dec. 16. He was 86. Kuwait state television broke into programming with Quranic verses … Read more

Kuwait Leader Sheikh Nawaf Has Died Aged 86

Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, leader of the Gulf Nation of Kuwait, died aged 86 on Saturday, Kuwait state television announced. The emir of the oil-rich country, sandwiched between Saudi Arabia and Iraq, had ruled for three years.  Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah Al-Sabah, the minister of the Emiri Court, announced the leader’s death in a statement … Read more