Revealing the latest secrets of the Saudi family: Where is King Salman?
Ever since Muhammad ibn Salman imprisoned his uncle and cousins, the Saudi king has gone to the city of Naum, where he has been following his activities virtually and has not met anyone.
For about a year and five months, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz has not met with local or foreign officials. The programs are limited to videoconferencing, and all meetings and official receptions of officials from other countries are conducted by his son, Muhammad bin Salman.
The Saudi website Elix, which reveals the secrets of the Saudi dynasty, in a report quoting Saudi diplomatic sources, noted significant points in this regard and wrote that the king’s absence is also related to the arrest of his brother “Ahmad bin Abdul Aziz” on March 5, 2020. Is.
According to Saudi sources, “Ahmad bin Abdul Aziz” and “Salman bin Abdul Aziz” are the last sons of “Abdul Aziz Al Saud” from the Sadiri faction. A faction that has high influence and respect in the royal family. Muhammad bin Nayef, the former Crown Prince, is also from the Sadr faction. (The Sadiri faction, or Haft Sadiri, is called the seven brothers of the sons of King Abdul Aziz Al Saud and his wife, the daughter of Ahmad al-Sadiri. These seven are also known as Al-Fahd.)
Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz left Saudi Arabia for London in November 2017 and headed to London before Muhammad bin Salman began a large-scale detention of princes at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh. Then he returned to Saudi Arabia a year later with the guarantee of the United States and European countries. A guarantee that apparently had no value for the young Crown Prince, and “Ahmad bin Abdul Aziz” along with “Muhammad bin Nayef” were arrested and sent to prison on March 7, 2020 for plotting a coup.
So far nothing new has happened and it is clear that Bin Salman intends to push the main princes in front of him to reach the throne. But what does this have to do with the king’s absence from the media camera? And why does he spend all his time in the new city of Neom and not meet with princes or local and foreign officials?
According to Saudielix, before March 7, 2020, the King of Saudi Arabia was busy with his daily activities, welcoming foreign delegations to the palace, and attending the farewell and introduction ceremonies of ministers and ambassadors. For example, the Saudi king traveled to Oman on January 13 to attend the funeral of the Sultan of Oman before his brother’s capture by Muhammad bin Salman. On January 19, he received the Foreign Minister of Cyprus, and on January 20, he prayed for the body of “Bandar Mohammed”. He also attended cabinet meetings on January 21 and 28.
In February, on the 26th of this month, he welcomed the President of Mauritania in the palace. The next day, he met with the Algerian president and attended a cabinet meeting on March 3. This means that he appeared before the media in various meetings and meetings of the Saudi king before March 7, 2020, but since the arrest of Ahmad bin Abdul Aziz, the king has not been seen in these ceremonies.
