Saudi Arabia wants to be a bigger player in the Middle East — this time with diplomacy

When Iranian evacuees from Sudan were being flown out of Saudi Arabia on Saturday, a top Saudi military official went as far as boarding their plane back home to bid them a warm farewell. "(This is) your country," he said.

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