[213], On 4 December 2018, a group of United States senators were briefed by CIA Director Gina Haspel on the murder of Khashoggi. [210], Seven weeks after Khashoggi's death, Saudi Arabia, in order to "distance ... Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, from the grisly murder" stated it would pursue the death penalty for five suspects charged with "ordering and executing the crime. Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: محمد بن سلمان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود‎, romanized: Muḥammad bin Salmān bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Su‘ūd; born 31 August 1985),[1][2][3] colloquially known as MBS,[4][5] is the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. On 2 March 2013, the chief of the Crown Prince court Prince Saud bin Nayef was appointed governor of the Eastern Province and Prince Mohammed bin Salman succeeded him in the post. [55] The change of succession had been predicted in December 2015 by an unusually blunt and public memo published by the German Federal Intelligence Service,[56][57] which was subsequently rebuked by the German government. January 27, … Please help by adding references that support its inclusion, or remove the category if none exist. [195] In response to Canada's criticism, Saudi Arabia expelled Canada's ambassador, and froze trade with Canada. En 2017, la revista Forbes calculó su fortuna en 18.700 millones de dólares. The squad was identified and returned by Canadian authorities. The name refers to the alleged use of a bone saw to dispose of Khashoggi's remains. SHARE. [21][22], Il principe è sposato dal 2008 con una cugina, la principessa Sara, figlia del principe Mashhur bin 'Abd al-'Aziz, fratellastro di suo padre, dalla quale ha avuto quattro figli, due maschi e due femmine. Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: سلمان بن عبد العزیز آل سعود Salmān ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Su‘ūd, Najdi Arabic pronunciation: [sælˈmæːn ben ˈʕæbd ælʕæˈziːz ʔæːl sæˈʕuːd]; born 31 December 1935) has been the King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques since 23 January 2015.. He was appointed crown prince[8] in June 2017 following King Salman's decision to remove Muhammad bin Nayef from all positions, making Mohammed bin Salman heir-designate to the throne. [41] He was also named as the secretary general of the Royal Court on the same date. [165], Prince Mohammed is considered the architect of the war in Yemen. [259], Mohammed advocates fiscal austerity and leads a "crackdown on corruption and self-enrichment".[246]. Il patrimonio di Mohammed bin Salman sarebbe impossibile da calcolare con certezza. 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Mohammed bin Salman believed that Hariri was in the pocket of Iran-backed Hezbollah, which is a major political force in Lebanon. [110] The scheme will enable expatriates to permanently reside, own property and invest in the Kingdom. [185][184], Upon Trump's election, support for Mohammed bin Salman was described as one of the few issues where rival White House advisers Jared Kushner and Steve Bannon agreed. Steven Mufson of The Washington Post argues that Crown Prince Mohammed "knows that only if he can place the royal family under the law, and not above as it was in the past, can he ask the whole country to change their attitudes relative to taxes [and] subsidies. Lo stesso giorno il principe Moḥammad è stato nominato ministro della Difesa. Seen by many as the power behind his ailing father’s throne, he has … [184] The meeting included Joel Zamel, an Israeli specialist in social media manipulation, Lebanese-American businessman George Nader, and Blackwater founder Erik Prince. Il principe Mohammad è nato a Gedda il 31 agosto 1985, figlio di re Salman e della sua terza moglie Fahda bint Falah bin Sultan Al Hithalayn. Besides his native Arabic, Mohammed also speaks English. [91], In March 2018, Prince Mohammed referred to Turkey as part of a "triangle of evil" alongside Iran and Muslim Brotherhood. Senator Lindsey Graham said America's relationship with Saudi Arabia "is more of a burden than an asset." The plans for a 334-square kilometre city include a safari and a Six Flags theme park. Questi cambiamenti indicano che la corona è destinata a passare a una nuova generazione della dinastia saudita per la prima volta dal 1953 (quando alla morte di Abd al-Aziz salì al trono il figlio Sa'ud)[20]. [168][173] In October 2018, Lise Grande, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, warned that 12 to 13 million Yemenis were at risk of starvation if the war continued for another three months. Mohammed bin Salman’s Saudi Arabia: A Critical Look . [160][161][162], Following a Houthi missile attack against Riyadh in December 2017, which was intercepted by Saudi air defence, airstrikes killed 136 Yemeni civilians and injured 87 others in eleven days. Thursday, October 1, 2020 9:00 am – 12:30 pm EST Via Zoom (Register for a Zoom account here.) Pfizer Vaccine. [12] In 2016, he shared his idea for "Green cards" for non-Saudi foreigners with Al Arabiya journalist Turki al-Dakhil. The UAE was pushing for the idea of helping Russia stabilise Syria and enabling the Assad regime in the country. Mindful of this history, instead of waiting for today's Saudi state to weaken and fall, MBS's aim was to try to save the country before it collapsed. [107] Efforts to diversify the Saudi energy sector also include wind and solar, including a 1.8 gigawatt solar plant announced in the same month as part of a long term project in partnership with SoftBank. [234][236] Miqdaad Versi, spokesperson for the Muslim Council of Britain, called Prince Mohammed's remarks "disgusting" and a defence of "the use of concentration camps against Uighur Muslims". [70] The 2018 Arab Youth Survey found that nine out of ten 18–24 year-olds in the MENA region support Mohammed bin Salman's campaign against corruption. [33], After graduating from college, Mohammed bin Salman spent several years in the private sector before becoming personal aide to his father. [45] In March 2015, Saudi Arabia began leading a coalition of countries allied against the Houthi rebels. [27], Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud was born on 31 August 1985. In 2014, Mohammed bin Salman’s uncle, King Abdullah, was nearing death. Walid wrote on Twitter that the Saudi state security laid a proposal for Loujain to sign a document and appear on camera to deny that she had been tortured and sexually harassed in jail. [180][179], On 16 August 2020, a lawsuit filed by a former top intelligence official, Saad Aljabri, revealed that in 2015 Mohammed bin Salman secretly called for Russia to intervene in Syria at a time when Bashar al-Assad’s regime was close to falling apart. The National. [149] Human Rights Watch warned that the al-Ghomgham case set a "dangerous precedent" for other women activists currently detained. Denying the title, he explained the mechanism of the decision-making institutions actually holding stakes in the intervention, including the council of security and political affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the Saudi side. Saudi Arabia persuaded OPEC to do the same. A 2015, Yarima Mohammed bin Salman wanda a lokacin shi ne ministan tsaro na ƙasar, cikin sirri ya haɗa gamayyar wasu ƙasashen Larabawa inda ya … facebook shares. Il 21 giugno 2017 è stato nominato erede apparente da re Salman e, come principe ereditario, è il primo nella linea di successione al trono dell'Arabia Saudita. He soon began remaking the court in his own image. [50], In late 2015, Prince Mohammed attended a meeting between King Salman and U.S. President Barack Obama, where the prince broke protocol to deliver a monologue criticising U.S. foreign policy. [153], In August 2019, Loujain al-Hathloul's brother, Walid al-Hathloul informed that his sister was offered release on denying the human rights abuses committed against her in Saudi prison. Back in 2015, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman paid nearly $300 million for a massive estate in Louveciennes, outside of Paris, France. [31] In 1915 the Al Ajman tribe led by him fought with the Al Saud during which King Abdulaziz's only full-brother Saad bin Abdul Rahman was killed. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has rejected accusations that he sent a hit squad to kill a former Saudi spy chief exiled in Canada, court … "[73][74] French President Macron, who visited Riyadh days after the purge, when asked about the purge stated "this is not the role of a president, and similarly I would not expect a leader of a foreign country to come and infringe on domestic matters,"[75], On 30 January 2019, the Saudi government announced the conclusion of Anti-Corruption Committee's work. [125][47], In September 2017, bin Salman implemented the women to drive movement's multi-decade demand to lift the ban on female drivers. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain cut diplomatic and trade links with Qatar [in June 2017], suspending air and shipping routes with the world's biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas, which is home to the region's biggest U.S. military base. [100][101] The announcement followed plans to develop a 34,000 square kilometre area across a lagoon of 50 islands on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastline into a luxury tourism destination with laws on a par with international standards. [64], Writing for The Huffington Post, University of Delaware professor of Islam and Global Affairs, Muqtedar Khan, speculated as to whether the removal of Talal, a critic of Donald Trump, amounted to a coup. [220], In a June 2019 article, The Guardian claimed that post Khashoggi's assassination, the media group became a target of hacking attempts made by a Saudi cybersecurity subdivision, as per an internal order document obtained by the group, with Saud al-Qahtani undersigned. 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