Ammon News - Kuwait is holding the funeral of its late Emir, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah on Sunday.

The minister of Amiri Diwan affairs in Kuwait, Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah al Mubarak al Sabah, said that the funeral ceremony of the late Emir’s body is limited to relatives only.

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah has died on Saturday December 16,2023 at age 86.

Kuwait’s crown prince and his half-brother, Sheikh Meshaal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, 83, was subsequently named new emir.

Sheikh Nawaf held high office for decades before he took power. Named heir apparent in 2006, he was serving as defence minister when Iraqi troops invaded the oil-rich emirate in 1990. He also worked as interior minister in the face of challenges from armed groups.