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Iran's government is detaining anyone they believe gathered and shared intelligence with Israel used to strike key military sites and kill top generals and nuclear scientists during last month's war.

Netanyahu floats reviving normalisation with the kingdom but Riyadh views state as an increasingly destabilising force