Saudi king upends royal succession, names son as first heir
By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and AYA BATRAWY, Associated Press
Published: June 21, 2017, 9:27am
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Wednesday appointed his 31-year-old son Mohammed bin Salman as crown prince, placing him first-in-line to the throne and removing the country’s counterterrorism czar and a figure well-known to Washington from the line of succession.
The monarch stripped Prince Mohammed bin Nayef from his title as crown prince and from his powerful position as the country’s interior minister overseeing security.
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