File photo of then Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal during a joint news conference with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in Riyadh April 12, 2015. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
RIYADH (Reuters) - Prince Saud al-Faisal, who retired in April after serving 40 years as Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, died on Thursday, two Saudi sources and media close to the ruling family said.
His tenure saw Israel invade Lebanon in 1978, 1982 and 2006, the eruption of Palestinian intifadas in 1987 and 2000, Iraq's invasions of Iran in 1980 and Kuwait in 1990, and the occupation of Iraq by a U.S.-led coalition in 2003.
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