Mohammed Bin Nayef (MBN) was born in August 1959 to Jawahar Bint Abdelaziz Bin Musaid Bin Jiluwi. He is married to Reema Bint Sultan Bin Abdelaziz, consolidating links with the Al-Sultan.
Foreign minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal returned home on 2 November following months abroad after surgery in Jeddah. Ahead of his return, a Saudi spokesman said: “Prince Saud Al-Faisal will return to the country on Friday to take up his routine activities.
British Prime Minister David Cameron visited King Abdullah in Jeddah on 6 November, and was decorated with the King Abdelaziz Sash of the First Class, traditionally given to leaders of “sisterly and friendly countries”.
Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al-Said travelled to Dubai on 23 October for talks with Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum.
Abdelrahman Bin Nasir returns from US; Salman Bin Abdelaziz: Still on holiday; Mishaal Bin Abdelaziz returns home; Khalid Bin Abdullah's Frankel victory
Emir Sheikh Hamad in Gaza; Joaan Bin Hamad's Sporting role
Morocco expects disbursement of some of the $5bn in aid it was promised by Gulf states in the wake of the Arab Spring to start in Q1 2013, officials said as King Mohammed IV (known colloquially as M6) visited Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the UAE and Qatar
Heir apparent Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, together with state minister for internal affairs Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, opened the 9th internal state security exhibition Milipol on 8 October
The family of the late Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdelaziz are selling palaces and other assets in Morocco, as they resolve inheritance issues and reorient the Al-Sultan’s interests. Prince Sultan spent long periods in his Agadir palace before his death on 22 October 2011
Commodities giant Glencore and miner Xstrata have finally agreed terms for a long-anticipated merger, which was threatened in June by objections from Qatar Holding (QH), Xstrata’s second largest shareholder.
Saudi Arabia: Salman now abroad; Alwaleed Bin Talal in Paris; Turki Al-Faisal Romney address; Abdelaziz Bin Bandar standing down; Adila Bint Abdullah in India; Hadhlul Bin Abdelaziz funeral; Al-Saud marriages
King Abdullah Bin Abdelaziz returned to Saudi Arabia on 24 September following a month in Morocco on what the Saudi papers described as a “special holiday”.
Crown Prince Salman was in charge of the country for three weeks following King Abdullah Bin Abdelaziz’s departure to Morocco on 27 August for a private vacation.
Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani used a speech of the UN General Assembly to reiterate his call for Arab intervention in Syria.
King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa travelled to the UAE on 26 September on what the UAE state news agency described as a “private visit”.
