Saudi King Abdullah left hospital on Thursday, nearly a month after undergoing back surgery

Saudi King Abdullah left hospital on Thursday, nearly a month after undergoing back surgery, the royal court announced.
  
The 89-year-old monarch left the King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh on Thursday afternoon, the court said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
  
On November 18, the royal court announced that Abdullah had undergone an operation to correct "a ligamentary slackening in the upper back." He appeared on state television on November 28 for the first time after the surgery, sitting in a wheelchair to receive royal dignitaries in his hospital suite. He has made no further appearances since then.