Al-Shara offers condolences at the funeral of late Saudi Crown Prince

Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Emir Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz, First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday was escorted to his final resting place in al-Oud Graveyard. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, senior Saudi officials and delegations representing more than 100 Islamic and Arab countries participated in the funeral ceremony. After performing funeral prayers over the deceased Crown Prince, Vice President Farouk al-Shara, who attended the funeral representing President Bashar al-Assad, offered condolences to King Abdullah over the death of his brother. Heads of the delegations also offered condolences to King Abdullah and the deceased's brothers. The body of the late Crown Prince arrived in Riyadh on Monday after the Saudi Royal Court announced Saturday his death abroad of an illnes.