According to Al-Jazeera.com, King Salman fired many of his top military generals overnight. This group of firings comes on the heels of a power overhaul in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The anti-corruption campaign has been lead by the crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, and targeted members of the royal family and Saudi government in November 2017. Several analysts, such as James Dorsey and Professor Mahjoob Zweiri, agree that this firing could simply be an effort by the Saudi government to present a reformed image of the government to the public. James Dorsey, a senior fellow at the S Raja Ratnam School of International Studies, made the point that these transitions could be a move from a government based on the consensus of multiple people to a one-man rule.
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