Leaders of a number of Arab, Islamic and friendly countries left here today after performing funeral prayers for the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques late King Fahd bin Abdulaziz and offering condolences on King Fahd's death to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, the Royal Family and the Saudi people. The leaders included President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Salih; President of Syria Bashar Al-Assad; Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa; Jordan's King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein; President Zine Al-Abedine bin Ali of Tunisia; President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayid Al Nahayan of the United Arab Emirates; Azerbaijan's President ILham Aliyev; President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority; Sudan's Vice President Ali Othman Taha; Kuwait's Premier Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah; Iraq's Vice President Ghazi Ajeel Al-Yawar; Lebanon's President Emile Lahoud; Sultan Qaboos bin Saeed of Oman; Egypt's President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak; Moroccan Prince Rashid bin Al-Hassan II; Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani; Algeria's President Abdulaziz Bouteflika; and Iran's Ist Vice President Mohammed Areef. --More 2000 Local Time 1700 GMT
