JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Saudi King Abdullah has had a successful back operation in Riyadh on Monday, the royal court of the world's top oil exporter said in a statement.
The monarch is in his late 80s and has introduced cautious reforms since becoming king in 2005. He went into the King Abdulaziz Medical City in the capital Riyadh late on Sunday for an operation to tighten the ligaments around his third vertebra.
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