Recordings released by the BBC show that former Tunisian dictator Zine el Abidine Ben Ali tried to return home after getting on board a plane to Saudi Arabia to
![Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled Tunisia in the wake of massive protests [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_330x185/public/2022-01/GettyImages-108120822.jpg?h=869e602f&itok=PtdFH1ao)
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