Saudi Succession Question Reopens With Crown Prince’s Death
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Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, buried Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, raising the issue of succession in the kingdom for the second time in less than a year.
Nayef, who also served as interior minister for more than three decades, was interred yesterday in Mecca in an unmarked grave, as stipulated by the Sunni Wahhabi version of Islam. King Abdullah, who is in his late 80s, attended the ceremony.