The Mysterious Saudi Prince Leading The War In Yemen

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If he was inexperienced before, he certainly should be getting a lot of experience now.


The Mysterious Saudi Prince Leading The War In Yemen
Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's young and untested defense minister, is a favored royal son, with a PR campaign to match
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Saudi Arabian Defense Minister Mohammed Bin Salman attends a briefing Wang Bo/Xinhua/ZUMA Wire

Author Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

Posted: 04/02/15 15:44 EDT

He is the architect and very public face behind Saudi Arabia’s boldest military campaign in nearly 100 years. But Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the country’s young, newly-minted defense minister, remains a virtually unknown figure at home and abroad.

With a swift and sudden rise to power two months ago, the machinations of Mohammed, King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz’s favored son, remain elusive and his skill untested, even as he leads an aggressive—and escalating—Arab coalition intervention against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. In just a week of fighting, he’s become a poster boyfor the Saudi-led military campaign, known as “Operation Decisive Storm,” as well as an embodiment of his country’s recent shift toward a more hawkish foreign policy in the region.

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