CROWN PRINCE SUCCESSION

Reports Former Crown Prince Confined to Palace ‘Baseless’, Official Tells Reuters

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A senior Saudi official on Thursday denied as "baseless" a New York Times report that Prince Mohammed bin Nayef has been confined to his palace in Jeddah and barred from traveling abroad, according to a Reuters report.

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