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Spotlight SAUDI ARABIA Issue 729 dated 11/02/2015

King Salman deploys security trio

Saudi Arabia's new King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud appointed his son Mohamed bin Salman as defence minister and director of the royal court on January 23, handing him responsibility for the security woes currently facing the kingdom. Flanking the new [...]

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