It did not take long for new Saudi King Salman to declare the name of the deputy crown prince: Mohammed bin Nayef, the first grandson of the founder King Abdulaziz to assume the post. Nayef will ...
June 21, 2017 - King Salman removes his nephew Mohammed bin Nayef as crown prince and formally places MBS first in line to the throne. King Salman also appoints MBS as deputy prime minister.
Aljabri was a top adviser to then-Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef, who was deposed by Bin Salman a month later. The Saudi government has since sought his extradition, but to no avail.
Al-Jabri once worked for former Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, a trusted confidant of the U.S. in the battle against al-Qaida militants in the kingdom after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.