Salman of Saudi Arabia – the new Saudi King
Salman bin Abdulaziz was declared Saudi Arabia’s king after a pledge of allegiance by the kingdom’s royal family.
Al Arabiya reported:
Salman bin Abdulaziz has become Saudi Arabia’s king and Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz was declared the crown prince after King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz passed away, the Royal court announced on Friday.
A Royal court statement said Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud received the pledge of allegiance as the country’s king from members of the royal family. After that, Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz received the pledge of allegiance as crown prince.
Allegiance will be sworn to King Salman and Crown Prince Muqrin after Friday’s Isha prayers, Al Arabiya News Channel reported.
In a televised speech, King Salman said: “We will continue to hold on to the strong path on which Saudi Arabia has walked on since King Abdulaziz.”
Both King Salman and Crown Prince Muqrin will receive pledges of allegiance from citizens on Friday evening.
The son of Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, Prince Khaled bin Salman, was pictured in the cockpit of his Tornado IDS jet after piloting it in strikes against ISIS in Syria. (Daily Mail)
ISIS posted “Wanted Signs” after Prince Klaled bin Salman bombed ISIS targets in Syria.
UPDATE: Reader Karadion wrote in: I noticed that the Daily Mail says that the Prince is sitting in the cockpit of a Tornado. But being a family member of a person who worked on F-15, that’s really an F-15SE aka 93-0914 / F-15S63. So the Prince is bombing ISIS with an American product, not German.
UPDATE: ISIS painted a target on the King’s son…
WANTED
King Salman Ibn Abdulaziz al Saud's son is A KAFIR who flew Tornado IDS jet 2 airstriked Mujahideen in SYRIA pic.twitter.com/ysV6Sq7LoK
— Abu Hamamah (@Abuhaitham12) January 24, 2015
