Saudi King Salman leaves hospital after gallbladder surgery


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  • Friday, 31 Jul 2020

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia January 14, 2019. Picture taken January 14, 2019. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS/

CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's 84-year-old ruler, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, left King Faisal hospital in the capital Riyadh after recovery, state news agency SPA reported on Thursday.

The Saudi king, the custodian of Islam's holiest sites, was admitted to hospital on July ‮‮20‬‬ to undergo medical checks, after suffering from inflammation of the gall bladder, which he had removed later that week.

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