عادل الجبير ثاني وزير للخارجية السعودية من خارج الأسرة المالكة

Quote: Saudi succession shakeup good news for the U.S. Early Wednesday morning Saudi King Salman removed his half brother, Prince Muqrin, from the position of crown prince and appointed his nephew, Mohammed bin Nayef to the post. Additionally the Saudi ambassador to the U.S., Adel al-Jubeir, will be recalled from his post in Washington to replace the ailing Prince Saud as foreign minister. Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the king's son and Saudi Arabia's defense minister, was also appointed deputy crown prince. "This change, though anticipated at some point, wasn't anticipated, I think, this quickly and certainly not at a moment where Saudi Arabia finds itself fighting a war on its doorstep in Yemen and this proxy battle against Iran more broadly," said CBS News Senior National Security Analyst Juan Zarate. Saudi Arabia had faced a longstanding question of what will happen after the current generation of leadership dies. Now, Zarate said, King Salman has demonstrated "a pretty bold move...to answer the question of generational succession." "What you have is not just a move to a new generation but a move to key individuals who have deep relationships with the west and the United States. That's good news for the U.S. and it's good news for the stability of the monarchy in Saudi Arabia," Zarate said. Bin Nayef is well known to many American officials, having forged connections abroad in his role as the country's chief counterterrorism official. He survived a 2009 assassination attempt by al Qaeda, one of several that have been made against him. He is now also the most likely successor to King Salman, who assumed the throne earlier this year following the death of King Abdullah. He has spent time in the U.S., where he holds degrees from the University of North Texas and Georgetown University (he later took courses at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon but did not actually receive a degree) in the late 1970s. He also did coursework with the FBI in the mid-1980s and studied with Scotland Yard as well. Al-Jubeir, similarly, has developed strong ties to American officials through his role as ambassador. In late March, he appeared on CBS' "Face the Nation" to talk about Saudi Arabia's military campaign in Yemen. "The objective is to protect the people of Yemen from a radical organization that has allied with Iran and Hezbollah that has virtually taken over the country. It's to defend the legitimate government of Yemen. And it's to open up the way for political talks, so that Yemen can complete its transition period and move towards a better