Bin Salman overthrows ‘war prince of Yemen’

Three years after the “Ritz-Carlton” campaign in Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has returned to the series of excluding officials, princes and influential people under the banner of “fighting corruption.” The matter began a few days ago, with royal orders that dismissed several officials, including the Director General of the Border Guard, Lieutenant General Awad bin Eid al-Balawi. The latter, two officers and two governors of the Tabuk region, were accused of five thousand land usurpations, which, according to the authorities’ account, seem notable for being land usurpations of the “Red Sea Project” led by Bin Salman.

A few days ago another decree was issued, on the eve of the publication of the book “Blood and Oil”, which reached more heads than the previous objective. A royal decree overthrew, Monday through Tuesday, the commander of the joint forces, Lieutenant General Fahd bin Turki bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. The text of the decision read: “Based on what was sent by His Highness the Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense to the Supervision and Anti-Corruption Authority, regarding the suspicious financial transactions that were monitored in the Ministry of Defense and the request to investigate them, and what the commission raised about the existence of financial corruption in the ministry. And his connection with Lieutenant General Fahd bin Turki bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prince Abdulaziz bin Fahd bin Turki bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and various officials and civil servants and others.
The importance of the decision is due not only to the fact that Prince Fahd and his son are members of the royal family, but also because the former is one of the most important pillars of the Ministry of Defense (assumed by Muhammad bin Salman and his brother Khalid bin Salman, whose role in the ministry has recently expanded). Furthermore, the joint forces commander is considered one of the top military leaders of Yemen’s war, either overseeing operations there or overseeing Saudi Arabia’s proxy Yemeni militia industry. However, the performance of Prince Fahd in office since February 2018, even if it failed, could not be a sufficient reason for the dismissal, especially with the inclusion of the dismissal of his son, and the decision that is made according to the scenario that It has become common in Bin Salman’s court: the fight against corruption. The way out to assign the responsibility for failure to others, especially one of the princes, is usually linked to something fundamental: the suspicion of loyalty. This leads to the question of why Prince Fahd was chosen as the victim of the new maneuver, and if there is any fear that he will take any action to the contrary, especially since such an officer in any country leading the state war in the foreigner must be surrounded by reverence and honor. From “installation files”.

The crown prince, haunted by suspicion, has additional reasons at this point for maneuvers of this kind.

The crown prince, always beset by suspicion and mistrust, has additional reasons at this stage to carry out such maneuvers in front of the public at home and abroad. He is waging his battle for “the image” in the West, as well as the security forces, with the dissident intelligence officer, former Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef’s adviser, Saad al-Jabri, the owner of confidential files (worth the It is worth mentioning here that Western reports of Ibn Nayef’s arrest and disappearance began to arrive, with concerns about His life). Likewise, the Kingdom is experiencing exceptional economic conditions due to the outbreak of the “Crown” and the deterioration of oil prices, which increase popular discontent with the corruption of the royal family, which forces the victims of the media to communication to alleviate the anger of the affected segments. It can be seen here, in addition to the moment of the campaign, that he was interested in saying that Bin Salman does not tolerate the war against corruption even with those close to him, such as the princes of House Saud, but with those who work with him directly, such as the Ministry of Defense or the “Red Sea Project”.
In this context, perhaps one of the reasons for the timing of the new campaign is the publication of the Wall Street Journal correspondents’ book, “Blood and Oil: Bin Salman’s Fierce Search for a Global Power,” which contains a large number of scandals for the young prince (the Saudi electronic flies celebrated a few days ago on his 35th birthday), including the extravagant celebrations for his rise to the post of Crown Prince. All of them are scandals that destroy his image, which he is passionate about in the West, as well as the myth of the “fight against corruption” that he leads, all after his narrative of “renewal and transformation” collapsed in the Kingdom, and his Future vision proved a failure as the dates of this vision demonstrated, and none of them believed until now.

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