Middle East

Saudi Arabia’s King Promotes His Son—and Ousts the Best Counter-Terrorist in the Mideast

THE SON ALSO RISES

The aging Saudi monarch and his ambitious, reckless 31-year-old heir may have taken the Trump summit as a green light to remove America’s best friend in the royal family.

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