Saudi Arabia changes army top

The Saudi king Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has replaced the army command.

Since March 2015, an international coalition headed by Saudi Arabia bombarded rebels from the north of Yemen who in 2014 broke a large part of the country, including the capital Sanaa. The disastrous attacks on the population did not significantly reduce the rebels.

The new Saudi chief of staff is General Fayad bin Hamed al Ruwayli. King Salman has also appointed a woman, Tamadur bint Youssef al-Ramah, as Deputy Minister of Labor. It is rare in the conservative kingdom that a woman holds such a prominent government post.