Is the Saudi Throne Shaking?

Saudi king shakes up Cabinet in the wake of Khashoggi crisis - CNBC

The king of Saudi Arabia announced Thursday that he is shaking up his Cabinet, capping a tumultuous period that has plunged the kingdom into its biggest ...

Mohammed bin Salman named Saudi Arabia's crown prince

Saudi king replaces first in line to the throne with his son ... OPINION: The Gulf crisis – Royal ambitions and shaky alliances (June 15).

Saudi Arabia Shakes Up Its Line of Succession - New York Magazine

The 81-year-old King Salman of Saudi Arabia has named his 31-year-old son Prince Mohammed bin Salman to be next in line to Saudi throne. The ...

Saudi Arabia's Shake-up: Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman

The abrupt shake-up that made Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman heir to his father's throne gives the 31-year-old extraordinary powers to ...

Saudi Prince Shakes Royal Family With Crackdown - WSJ

An aging king and his son are shattering the monarchy's long-held tradition of ruling by consensus and accelerating a crackdown on corruption that has caught ...

An Ambitious Heir and a Bitter Family Feud Are Shaking Up Saudi ...

This shake-up, the results of which are still hard to predict, is the outcome of a process that beganright after the coronation of King Salman ...

Shaking the hand of Khashoggi's son could backfire for bin Salman

The images of Jamal Khashoggi's son, Salah bin Jamal Khashoggi, shaking hands with King Salman and then his anointed heir, the Crown Prince, Mohamed Bin Salman,

Salman of Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia

The 25th son of King Abdulaziz, the founder of Saudi Arabia, he assumed the throne on 23 January 2015. ... US President Barack Obama shakes hands with King Salman ...

The 32-year-old prince who's shaking up Saudi Arabia - Facebook

While Saudi Arabia's new 32-year-old prince consolidates power to disrupt the status quo, he may also end up disrupting the pillars that have ...

Rumors Swirl Around the Saudi Throne - The American Interest

The defense minister has been associated with the recent line of Saudi policy that has been shaking up the region, and it is predicated on a belief that ...

Mohammed bin Salman, reformist prince who has shaken Saudi ...

But the lightning accumulation of authority has sparked fears that Prince Mohammed might have upended the fine balance of powers in Saudi Arabia ...

Opinion | Shake-up in the House of Saud - The Washington Post

King Salman, who took office in January, in a stroke transferred power to a new generation, offered appeasement to the kingdom's religious ...

Saudi Arabia's unprecedented shake-up - The Economist

As the Saudi shake-up began on Saturday night, they fired a ballistic missile at Riyadh. (It was intercepted.) Just as unsuccessful is the five- ...

Royal shake-up in Saudi Arabia - YouTube

The Saudi monarch stripped Mohammed Bin Nayef of his royal title and named deputy crown prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, as first in line to the ...

Saudi king empowers 31-year-old son in succession shake-up

Saudi Arabia's King Salman made his son next in line to the throne on Wednesday, handing the 31-year-old sweeping powers.

Royal Pains: Two Princes Vie for Power in Saudi Arabia, Make a Mess

U.S. officials say the younger generations of the Saudi public seem energized by bold action, and the princes are competing for public favor by ...

Saudi Prince, "Minister of Everything," Wields Power Behind Throne

Saudi Arabia's youthful prince Mohammad is shaking things up. He plans to rapidly change the world's largest oil exporter into a modern, ...

Saudi Arabia replaces crown prince in sweeping shake-up

King Salman replaced crown prince Prince Muqrin, his half-brother, with Mohammed bin Nayef al-Saud, the king's nephew who was previously deputy ...

The High Cost of Change: Repression Under Saudi Crown Prince ...

Mohammed bin Salman (known by his initials MBS), a relatively unknown and junior prince prior to his father's accession to the throne, quickly ...

Saudi King Salman shakes up line of succession - YouTube

Saudi King Salman appointed a new heir and made his young son second in line to rule. With the move, Salman effectively decided the line of ...