Chapter 1,503 Dramatic Changes in the Middle East

News of Nayef being deposed.

It did not create much waves in the international community.

At least compared to the military operations of a certain mercenary organization in the Mayadin area, such a small thing is not enough to attract too much attention.

The Saudi royal family has more than 5,000 princes, and it seems that it would be okay to change the current king.

And this is probably the third time that the old king has changed the crown prince. The last time was in 2015.

However, what Nayev couldn't figure out was that the old king was obviously very satisfied with his birthday gift some time ago and praised his work over the years. However, now he suddenly turned against him and kicked him out of the position of crown prince. Come down.

Seeing little Salman ascending to the throne of crown prince, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. Although he smiled and congratulated the other party, he couldn't help but curl his lips in his heart. The highly educated younger brother may be financially capable, but he does not agree that he is more suitable to be the new king.

Not only Nayef couldn’t figure it out, but also many onlookers.

It is true that from the head of the prince's cabinet to the secretary of state, the younger Salman showed extraordinary political talent when the old Salman was still the prince of Saudi Arabia. However, Nayef's achievements are not weak, especially in the military. and diplomatic fields.

When he served as Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister of Interior and Minister, he was called the "Prince of Counter-Terrorism" and "Espionage Expert." The former US Secretary of Defense and the former Director of the CIA have highly praised Nayef as the smartest and most accomplished Saudi Arabian Prime Minister. prince. Nayef himself once led the battle against Al Qaeda. Out of fear of him, he himself was assassinated at least three times.

"He led the fight against terrorism, and his achievements are real," said Awad Badi, a researcher and scholar at the King Faisal Center for Academic Research. He believed that Nayef effectively suppressed A series of attacks by al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia.

However, as a clear-cut anti-terrorist fighter, he obviously did not like the old king.

Regarding terrorist organizations, the attitude of the Saudi royal family has always been quite ambiguous.

On the one hand, they try their best to avoid getting burned, stay away from fanatics of the same sect, and even help the international community suppress them. However, on the other hand, they are sympathetic to those fanatics of the same sect and even secretly support them. .

The old king did not wish to see the hound wandering at the door fall, at least not now.

Furthermore, a unified Syria dominated by the Shiite faction is not in line with Saudi Arabia’s interests in the Middle East. As for how much blood heretics and heretics would shed over this, as a devout believer, he actually didn't care.

In the magnificent palace, a man stood in front of the old king. His name is Idan, and he is the Saudi intelligence minister appointed by Salman Sr.

"Baghdadi was killed."

"OK, Got it."

The old king slowly closed his eyes, opened them after a long time, looked at Idan and asked.

"Have you found out what I asked you to investigate?"

"Yes, Your Majesty," Idan nodded and reported respectfully, "It has been confirmed that the mercenary organizations fighting in Syria are supported by the Star Ring trade. Crown Prince Nayef and Jordanian businessmen provide them with supplies from the Red Sea to northern Syria. access. Until three months ago, they were shipping supplies through our ports."

A trace of disgust flashed in the old king's eyes.

He hates the Star Ring trade, even though Saudi Arabia now has to rely on New Zealanders for 80% of its fresh water supply. He does not believe that these businessmen who are not bound by the law will abide by the bottom line, especially after Starring Trading develops oil crops and produces oil analogues as chemical raw materials, which impacts international oil prices.

So when Starlink Trading was promoting the global power grid to the Middle East, Salman Sr. had been obstructing it.

Of course, he is not arrogant enough to think that Saudi Arabia can defeat an opponent that even the Americans cannot defeat, nor is he arrogant enough to think that Saudi Arabia has the ability to have a head-on conflict with the Star Ring Trade. All he has done is to prevent Saudi Arabia from completely falling to the Star Ring Trade. ,

After handing over the freshwater market, the State Grid was also handed over.

Then the Mayadin military operation took place, and tens of thousands of white phosphorus bombs slaughtered their "comatriots" in the most cruel way.

If he was just disgusted with the Star Ring Trade before, the old king now has a hint of disgust.

"Your Majesty..." After hesitating for a moment, Itami spoke.

Seeing that his intelligence minister was hesitant to speak, the old king slowly spoke.

"you say."

"Nayef is very close to Star Ring Trade. Will our stock exchange at this time stimulate Star Ring Trade... They just won a victory in Syria recently, and there are still more than 10,000 mercenaries who have not withdrawn from the Middle East. ,I worry……"

Old Salman looked sharply at Idan, who quickly lowered his head.

After a long time, the old king withdrew the sharpness in his eyes, pondered for a moment, and then slowly spoke.

"That's what I'm worried about."

"I suggest that Nayef temporarily step down from the position of Minister of the Interior and the people's new national security adviser, and weaken Nayef's power in the royal family..." The proposal of household affairs for the royal family is very risky because it is easy to trigger The old king has sensitive nerves. If he hadn't been Salman's confidant for many years, Idan would not have made such a risky move.

Because he had already foreseen that the power struggle in the royal family was intensifying. If it could not be effectively controlled, it was destined to set off a "sandstorm" sweeping the entire kingdom...

"You are right, Idan," Old Salman sighed, "The Saudi Crown Prince should not be a puppet of a certain country or organization."

After a pause, old Salman's eyes flashed with sharpness.

At this moment, he seemed to have returned to his high-spirited days, and all the turbidity had faded away from the mottled wrinkles of the years. He must make a decision to pave the way for his biological son, otherwise once he passes away, the entire country will fall into a whirlpool of power struggle...

"Jean Nayev..."

Suddenly, the old king's eyes widened.

Itami was slightly startled, his face changed drastically, and he hurriedly stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

On this day, the entire palace was in chaos, and the entire city of Riyadh was under martial law.

Checkpoints were set up on all major traffic routes entering and exiting the city, and heavily armed soldiers walked through the streets. The citizens in the city did not know the news of the king's death yet, but looked in surprise at the soldiers on duty on the streets, as well as the armored vehicles and tanks driving past their homes.

Quickly walking out of the palace, Itami ordered people to block the news, and then arranged for the troops stationed near the capital to enter the city. After doing all this, he quickly rushed to Nayef's palace with a group of agents without stopping.

However, in Nayef's palace, he did not find the former crown prince. After inquiring from his servants, he learned that the prince's palace happened to be out for something and it would take a few days to come back.

Surrounding Nayef's palace, Idan immediately found little Saliman, and while arranging for him to ascend the throne as soon as possible, he sent people to track down Nayef's whereabouts.

Unexpectedly, Nayef happened to be on the border at this moment, staying with the mercenaries from Star Ring Trading. When he learned that his palace had been surrounded by the old king's henchmen, he dared to go back and ran directly to Jordan. In the desert in the east, there is a military camp of Star Ring mercenaries.

The next day, one of his confidants risked his life to deliver the news.

Only then did Nayef know what happened in Riyadh in just one day.

No one expected that His Majesty the King would pass away at this moment...

Browse reading address:

Please remember the first domain name of this book: . 4Novel.com mobile version reading URL: