"The Saudi king’s decision to dismiss the secretary-general of the Saudi National Security Council will speed up the destruction of the ISIL in Iraq and the region," Iraq’s Al-Maloumeh news agency quoted Badr fraction’s representative, Razzaq al-Heydari, as saying on Saturday.
Heydari said after his ascension to the throne, the new Saudi King, Salman bin Abdulaziz, has carried out political and security reforms that will have positive influence on the conditions of the region, including Iraq.
Prince Bandar bin Sultan was Head of the Saudi National Security Council from 2005 until his ouster earlier this month. He was also head of the Saudi intelligence until 2014 before he was relieved from the post by former Saudi King Abdullah due to his failure to promote Riyadh’s policies in Syria.
Earlier this month, Hussein al-Ramahi, the head of the political commission of Hezbollah brigades in Iraq, disclosed that his forces have discovered Saudi supplied arms and ammunition in areas taken back from ISIL control, adding that the arms aids have been dropped down for the Takfiri terrorists by unidentified planes.
"The Iraqi security and popular forces have discovered Saudi-supplied weapons in regions liberated from ISIL control," Ramahi told FNA.
He reiterated that unknown airplanes had supplied the ISIL with the weapons in coordination with the US.
"We have discovered boxes containing weapons and equipment with Saudi names and labels on them …," he added
In late January, King Abdullah died at a hospital in Riyadh, where he had been receiving medical treatment for several weeks.
King Abdullah, who was admitted to the King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh in late December, had been suffering from pneumonia and was reportedly breathing with the help of a tube.
New Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz was named as Saudi crown prince in June 2012 after the death of Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz. Salman has recently represented King Abdullah at most public events because of the monarch’s ailing health.
Saudi Arabia along with some other regional countries, specially Qatar and Turkey, have supported the ISIL in Syria and Iraq.
