Late Saudi king confronted Mideast revolutions: Analyst
Press TV has conducted an interview with Ali Al Ahmad, the director and founder of Institute for (Persian) Gulf Affairs from Washington, and Jihad Mouracadeh, political commentator from Beirut, to investigate the legacies of late King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
Ahmad says the late monarch was a “tyrant” who managed to cement the Al Saud family’s grip on power more than ever. He underlines that people were totally excluded from power during his rule and anybody who was opposed to the monarch’s policies could be labeled as terrorist.
The US-based analyst added that confronting the people’s revolutions in the Middle East region was the main legacy of King Abdullah for his successor.
Meanwhile, Jihad Mouracadeh believes that King Abdullah was quite open to revolutions in the Middle East region and was an enemy of extremist groups such as the ISIL Takfiri terrorists wreaking havoc on Iraq and Syria.
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