‘Saudi Arabia buying drones from Israel via South Africa’

Saudi Arabia is purchasing drones from Israel and is using South Africa as an intermediary, reveals a Saudi political activist.

According to Press TV, the claims were made by a Saudi opposition activist who uses the Twitter handle “Mujtahidd”. He is well-known for publishing controversial information concerning the Saudi royal family and has amassed a vast social media following since he became active in the early 2000s.

He made the claims on Wednesday, in response to an announcement by the Saudi Defense Ministry that Riyadh would build a drone manufacturing plant with the cooperation of South Africa.

"The report aims to hide the fact that Saudi Arabia intends to purchase drones from Zionist regime via South Africa," Mujtahidd twitted on Wednesday.

"Saudi Arabia buys Israeli drones through South Africa. These drones later arrive from South Africa, dismantled, to Saudi Arabia, where they are assembled,” he added.

He went on to accuse Saudi Defense Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud of fraud and treason for hiding the true nature of the drone transactions.

ME