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King Salman appointed his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as the heir to the throne, a move that marked a generational shift in Saudi leadership. King Salman holds the distinction of being ...

January 23, 2015 - King Abdullah passes away and MBS’s father Salman becomes king of Saudi Arabia. MBS is appointed minister of defense and chief of royal protocol. March 2015 - A Saudi-led ...

She said that after the return of her sight, she fulfilled her dream of seeing three of her sons’ weddings in one day, and driving her car from the holy city of Medina in western Saudi Arabia to ...

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will ... His legacy continued through his sons, the successive kings, until the prosperous era of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz ...