Twin girls who are joined at the head are about to be separated in a life-changing operation.
The sisters, Tuqa and Yakeen Al Khadr, have been conjoined since their birth four years ago, sharing a skull but not a brain.
This means they are craniopagus twins, a phenomenon occurring only once in every 2.5 million births.
This weekend, the girls will be separated in a procedure at the Specialist Children’s Hospital in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh.
The operation is being paid for by the Saudi government as a humanitarian gesture.
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