Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, as part of a national COVID-19 vaccination plan being implemented by the ministry of health, state news agency SPA reported on Friday.
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UAE leader Mohammed bin Zayed has emerged as a power player in the Middle East â and in Washington. Here s everything you need to know:
Who is Mohammed bin Zayed? As crown prince of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates, Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, known as MBZ, is one of the most powerful leaders in the Middle East. Jutting out from the southeastern edge of Saudi Arabia, the UAE is a tiny federation of city-states, home to 1 million citizens and 8 million foreign workers. But it sits in a strategically crucial spot opposite Iran on the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway in the Persian Gulf through which much of the world s oil is exported. The UAE was founded 49 years ago by MBZ s father, Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, and in that time the Sunni Muslim nation has tran
Saudi prince held ‘against international law’
HUMAN RIGHTS: A panel of British lawmakers said that Saudi Arabia’s failure to live up to international human rights standards weakens the kingdom and the West’s security
The Guardian
The detention of the former crown prince of Saudi Arabia in breach of international law is weakening the security of both the kingdom and the West, a cross-party investigatory panel of British lawmakers has found.
Saudi Arabian Prince Mohammed bin Nayef was arrested in March as part of a consolidation of power ordered by Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.
The panel found that, since March, bin Nayef had lost a significant amount of weight.
MIAMI, Fla. (CN) Al Jazeera journalist Ghada Oueiss sued Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed in federal court Wednesday over an alleged conspiracy to sully her reputation.
In a 93-page complaint filed in the Southern District of Florida, Oueiss claims the crown princes worked with an international network of conspirators to repeatedly hack her cell phone and leak her personal information worldwide.
Her attorneys, Daniel Rashbaum and Jeffrey Marcus with the law firm Marcus Neiman & Rashbaum LLP, say this network included several Saudi and UAE officials and TV stations.
The complaint also accuses a few U.S. citizens such as Florida residents Sharon Collins and Hussam Al-Jundi of being involved in the scheme by publishing Oueiss’s stolen information on social media platforms.