Saudi Arabia: Prince in the cockpit


Issue 978 - 03 Oct 2014 | 1 minute read

In Saudi Arabia, state news agency SPA released a photograph of eight fighter pilots who had taken to the skies to attack Islamic State extremists in northern Syria. As Riyadh tries to demonstrate the strength of its opposition to jihadists it has often been accused of supporting, it was interesting to note that Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdelaziz’s son Khalid Bin Salman was among those flying.

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