By Ali AlAhmed
June 27, 27, 2021
Washington DC – Top commander of Saudi forces in Yemen war has been sentenced to death by a military panel, according to one of his relatives who spoke to the Institute for Gulf Affairs on condition of anonymity.
Fahd bin Turki bin AbdulAziz, a nephew of King Salman, was sentenced to death for treason by attempting a coup to remove King Salman and his son Mohamed bin Salman (MBS), who serves as the minister of defense and the country’s de facto ruler, the source said.
The source shared with IGA text messages he received from a former senior official in Riyadh, who said Bin Turki was charged with treason and sentenced to death.
Bin Turki was arrested in September on charges of corruption along with his son AbdulAziz who was deputy governor of AlJouf region. Bin Turki who joined the Saudi military in 1983, received special operations’ training in the US and UK, and was promoted to a lieutenant general rank before being removed and arrested last year.
Corruption Galore
In a related matter, IGA obtained dozens of Saudi secret documents detailing the transfer of over 100 housing plots in Riyadh to the four children of Fahd bin Turki. The leaked documents from the Saudi Ministry of Justice indicate that nearly one square kilometer of land was given to the four children of Bin Turki in 2014 during the reign of their grandfather King Abdullah. IGA will issue a special report on this matter.
Abeer, the daughter of King Abdullah, has been in exile in Scotland before the arrest of her husband and son last year. She controls of billions of dollars in various holdings around the world, he said. The death sentence is an attempt to recapture the money, he added.
Following the death of King Abdullah, nearly all of his sons and daughters have been either arrested or had their wealth taken in what Saudi government says is an anti-corruption purge.
The United States has been helping the Saudi ministry of defense modernizes its structures including military trials.
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