RIYADH: Saudi King Salman has sacked the military chief of staff and a host of other top commanders, state media said on Monday (Tuesday in Manila), in a major shake-up of the defense establishment.

The monarch also replaced the heads of the ground forces and air defenses, as well as senior officials at the interior ministry, in a series of late-night royal decrees.

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