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    Saudi King Fires Top Military Brass In Latest Shakeup Of Kingdom's Institutions

    The country's chief of staff and the heads of ground and air forces have been sacked by royal decree. The move is reportedly led by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, the kingdom's defense minister.
    by Scott Neuman Feb 27, 2018 1 minute
    Saudi Arabia's chief of staff, General Abdulrahman al-Bunyan, holds a news conference in 2016. He was one of a handful of top military brass to lose his job.

    Saudi Arabia's King Salman has ordered a major shakeup of his top military brass amid the country's ever-worsening intervention in neighboring Yemen.

    The surprise move, reported by the official Saudi Press

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