"Saudi Arabia, as the morbid joke circulating Beirut would have it, is ready to fight Iran to the last Lebanese. But the joke only gets it half right—the new war reportedly being contemplated wouldn’t actually hurt Iran."https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/11/lebanon-saudi-arabia-saad-hariri-iran-hezbollah/545678/?utm_source=twb …
.@madawidr: “This situation is unsustainable and even dangerous. There's been a serious erosion of regime legitimacy [...] What we may see is a slow and gradual erosion of regime legitimacy that may last for a long time—before a serious implosion.”https://www.newsweek.com/slow-implosion-saudi-crown-prince-muhammad-bin-salman-opinion-1120224?amp=1&__twitter_impression=true …
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@BrookingsFP's Bruce Riedel: "The stability of Saudi Arabia is becoming more fragile as the young crown prince’s judgment and competence are increasingly in doubt. [MBS] has a track record of impulsive and reckless decisions at home and abroad"https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/en/originals/2018/09/saudi-arabia-stability-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman.html …Show this thread -
“Khashoggi had been close to the previous Saudi regime, but fled the kingdom a year ago, soon after the new monarch anointed his son, Prince Mohammed, as prince. He subsequently became an outspoken critic of some aspects of the country’s reform programme”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/06/saudi-journalist-killed-inside-consulate-turkish-sources …
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"Media companies are pulling out of a high-profile business conference [Future Investment Initiative, also known as 'Davos in the desert'] in Saudi Arabia as questions mount about the kingdom's role in the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi."https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/11/media/saudi-conference-media-sponsors-khashoggi/index.html …
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“Meshal Saad al-Bostani, named by pro-government Turkish media as one of 15 men suspected of killing the Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi, died in a car accident in Riyadh, according to a report from a pro-government newspaper.”https://www.businessinsider.de/khashoggi-suspect-mashal-saad-al-bostani-reportedly-dead-in-car-crash-2018-10 …
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@InsideFreuds,@Independent,@VICEUK, Tony Blair's@InstituteGC are among the many UK firms that have undertaken work with the Saudi state recentlyhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/19/saudi-arabia-pays-uk-firms-millions-to-boost-image …Show this thread -
"Saudi Arabia has admitted journalist Jamal Khashoggi ... is dead. Riyadh claimed that he was killed in a “fist-fight” with Saudi officials. ... The credibility of the Saudi court is already stretched to breaking point."https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/19/jamal-khashoggi-dead-saudi-arabian-state-television-confirms …
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@WSJ report on MbS puts on view the power the US has over its client states; and it’s instructive of the perils of concentrated power https://www.wsj.com/articles/scandal-over-dead-journalist-jolts-heir-to-saudi-throne-1540076164 …pic.twitter.com/yy42qP9SUZ
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@davidahearst: “It is palpable nonsense to say there is only one saviour of the 30,000 strong House of Saud. ... To leave bin Salman in position ... is to imperil the kingdom and to let a monster live another day.”https://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/why-mohammed-bin-salman-now-circling-wagons-2013703846 …Show this thread -
“The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month, contradicting the Saudi government’s claims that he was not involved in the killing”https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cia-concludes-saudi-crown-prince-ordered-jamal-khashoggis-assassination/2018/11/16/98c89fe6-e9b2-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html …
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