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Saudi King Salman leaves hospital, says royal court

FILE PHOTO: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz addresses the kingdom's advisory Shura Council from his royal palace in Neom, Saudi Arabia, December 29, 2021, Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz, 86, left hospital on Sunday following a colonoscopy last week, the royal court said in a statement on state media.

Saudi TV ran a video clip showing the monarch walking slowly using a cane as he left King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the city of Jeddah, where he was admitted on the evening of May 7.

An entourage kept close and his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto ruler, appeared in the clip.

FILE PHOTO: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz leaves the King Faisal Hospital and Research Centre in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia May 15, 2022. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS

King Salman, the custodian of Islam's holiest sites, became ruler of the world's top oil exporter in 2015 after spending more than 2-1/2 years as the crown prince and deputy premier.

He underwent bladder surgery in 2020 and had the battery of his heart pacemaker replaced in March.

FILE PHOTO: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz leaves the King Faisal Hospital and Research Centre in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia May 15, 2022. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS

(Reporting by Nayera Abdallah; Writing by Ghaida Ghantous; Editing by Robert Birsel)

FILE PHOTO: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz leaves the King Faisal Hospital and Research Centre in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia May 15, 2022. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS
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