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|fullname = Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | |fullname = Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | ||
|alias = King Salman<br>Salman of Saudi Arabia | |alias = King Salman<br>Salman of Saudi Arabia | ||
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He also served as Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 2015 until 2022, when he ceded the position to his son. | He also served as Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 2015 until 2022, when he ceded the position to his son. | ||
==King of Saudi Arabia== | ==King of Saudi Arabia== | ||
In March 2015, the king ordered the bombing of Yemen and military intervention against the Shia [[Houthis]] and forces loyal to former President [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]], who was deposed in the 2011 uprising. He first put together a coalition of ten Sunni Muslim countries. Code-named Operation Decisive Storm, this was the first time the Saudi Air Force had launched airstrikes against another country since the 1990–91 Gulf War. | In March 2015, the king ordered the bombing of Yemen and military intervention against the Shia [[Houthis]] and forces loyal to former President [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]], who was deposed in the 2011 uprising. He first put together a coalition of ten Sunni Muslim countries. Code-named Operation Decisive Storm, this was the first time the Saudi Air Force had launched airstrikes against another country since the 1990–91 Gulf War. | ||