In June, two and a half years into the reign of his father King Salman, he replaced Mohammed bin Nayef as Crown Prince. The palace version is that they were carried out as part of a new campaign against corruption that is spearheaded by Prince Mohammed. He first had Prince Nayef removed from his path to the throne as Crown Prince. With the latest arrests, at just 32 years of age Prince Mohammed appears to have established himself as the most powerful Saudi Crown Prince in decades. With the Riyadh-Tehran rivalry in West Asia hotting up again, these developments are also bound to have repercussions beyond Saudi Arabia.

Source: The Hindu November 06, 2017 18:33 UTC