On Thursday, a group of Saudi doctors led by the nation's Minister of Health successfully detached two baby boys from Jordan conjoined at the stomach in a seven-hour long surgery.

Ten-week-old, Amjed and Mohammed Taim, were born sharing a liver and other tissues. They were separated in an operation at King Abdulaziz Medical Centre in Riyadh, which was broadcasted live back to Jordan.

Dr. Abdullah Rabeeah, the Saudi Health Minister, counted one to five after using a laser knife to separate the boy's liver and then ultimately divide the left over tissue between them.

He declared, "The operation is complete, both twins are now in separate beds, both are stable".

Two pediatric surgery squads then stitched up the boys' bodies and moved them to the intensive care unit to recuperate.

The boys' parents were readily available for the operation that was sponsored by Saudi King Abdullah, who has funded most of the 27 successful surgeries to detach conjoined twins conducted at the Riyadh hospital.

Father Yusuf Taim, a grocer in Al-Zarqa, northeast of Amman, revealed that he was scared, as he viewed the surgery on television.

Taim, who has four more kids, told AFP, "But I put my faith in Allah to take care of it".