I married the monster crown prince5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() His younger brother, Prince Nawaf bin Nayef, was also detained. He was ousted from both of those roles by the current crown prince in 2017 and he has effectively been under house arrest since then. He had developed close ties to American intelligence agencies during years of work together while he was interior minister. The former crown prince who was arrested, Mohammed bin Nayef, is also a former interior minister and longtime American favorite. The most senior royal detained was Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, the younger brother of King Salman, who for a time had been the great hope of family members and other critics who wished to block Crown Prince Mohammed, 34, from taking the throne. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because of the danger of speaking out publicly about the crown prince.Ī former senior American official also confirmed the detentions. They were disclosed Friday by a member of the royal family and a person close to the clan. An official at the Saudi Embassy in Washington declined to comment. The detentions were not announced by the Saudi government, and it remains unclear what prompted them. ![]() ![]() The detentions come at a time when fears about the impact of the coronavirus have slashed the price of oil, the main source of the kingdom’s revenue, and the crown prince’s celebrated plans to diversify the Saudi economy have fallen behind his promises. And he has refused to back down from a five-year-long military intervention in Yemen that has mired the Saudis in a bloody stalemate and produced a humanitarian disaster. ![]()
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