CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi King Salman sacked on Monday the joint forces commander by placing him into retirement and referring him for investigation, Saudi state TV said.
The king also relieved, in a royal decree, the deputy emir of Al-Jouf region from his post and referred him as well, along with a number of officers and civil servants in the ministry of defense, for investigation for corruption, state TV added.
(Reporting by Nayera Abdallah and Ahmed Tolba)
