Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has named one of the last surviving sons of the kingdom’s founder as defense minister. King Abdullah has named Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, 76, the kingdom’s defense minister. Salman, the longtime governor of Riyad, would succeed the late Crown Prince Sultan, who held the defense portfolio […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia was expected to name a defense minister in the wake of the death of Crown Prince Sultan. Saudi sources said King Abdullah has decided not to transfer the Defense Ministry to Sultan’s son, Prince Khalid, now deputy defense minister. They said the king would appoint his half-brother, […]
