RIYADH: Conjoined Jamaican twins Azaria and Azura arrived in Riyadh on Monday with their parents to undergo evaluation for their potential medical separation.

The evaluation took place following a directive by the Kingdom’s leadership, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

The twins were taken to King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital, renowned for its advanced pediatric facility and specialization in conjoined twins.

Dr Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabeeah, supervisor general of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, and head of the surgical team for the Saudi Conjoined Twins Program, highlighted his team’s extensive experience in separating twins.

Rabeeah is also adviser to the Royal Court.

His team earlier this week separated Syrian conjoined twins Celine and Eline in an eight-hour procedure.

The 17-month-old twins, born in February last year at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri Hospital in a triplet birth, were conjoined at the chest and abdomen.

Their brother, Sanad, was born separately.

The twins were medically evacuated to Riyadh in December 2024 to receive specialized care in preparation for the surgery.