Saudi Arabia's King Salman has
reinstated bonuses and special allowances for civil servants and military
personnel that had been cut last September as part of austerity measures when
oil revenues were low.
According to reports, the king fired
his civil service minister and put him under investigation for abuse of office
and named his son Prince Khalid as new
ambassador to the US.
His decrees saw a new national
security centre created under the Royal Court.
The king also ordered two months
extra salary be paid to frontline military personnel taking part in Saudi-led
operations in Yemen.
Prince Khalid, the new ambassador in
Washington, is a fighter pilot who has trained in the US and carried out air
strikes against the Islamic State, IS, group in Syria.
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