Saudi King Salman has sacked the military chief of staff and a host of other top commanders in a major shake-up of the defence establishment, the country’s state media said Monday.
The monarch also replaced the heads of the ground forces and air defences, as well as senior officials at the interior ministry, in a series of late-night royal decrees.
No official reason was given for the sweeping overhaul, but it comes as the Saudi-led coalition’s military intervention in Yemen against Iran-aligned Huthi rebels nears the end of its third year.
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