US military flew terminally ill Bahrain premier to America

Friday, 13 November 2020Newsdesk

The US military flew Bahrain's terminally ill prime minister to America for hospital care two months before his death, the State Department acknowledged on Friday, underlining the importance of the island kingdom.

New Delhi, 13 November 2020

As per news report of PTI, the care offered to Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa came just after the US military similarly flew Kuwait's late ruling emir to the same Mayo Clinic hospital in Minnesota. Both countries host major US military bases in the region and are considered major non-NATO allies, granting them military and economic privileges with America.

Source -PTI