We haven't heard too many new outrages from Saudi Arabia in a few days. So perhaps the ambitious Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is toning down his ambitions after the U.S. warned him he was going too far; or else he temporarily moderated himself preparing for a new onslaught on as yet unspecified targets. Salman has been doing a lot of summoning of his … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia and Israel: Looming Threat of Regional War
My thanks to Middle East Eye for running a condensed version of this piece earlier this week: Over the past three days, the drumbeat of war in the Middle East has risen to a fever-pitch. Saudi Arabia has provoked both an internal domestic, and a foreign crisis to permit Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to realize his grandiose vision of the Saudi state. … [Read more...]