Listen 0:00 / 0:00 − 1.0x + Default Ready The weekend of 4-5 November 2017 was an eventful one in Saudi Arabia; a missile from Yemen exploded at Riyadh Airport and the Deputy Governor of Asir died in a helicopter crash. Important incidents, no doubt, but not enough on their own to keep that weekend in the collective memory. Instead, it will go down in Saudi history as the moment that the royal family started to eat itself in public. The first sign of the purge came on 3 November when the Saudi authorities handed Interpol a “wanted” list. Within hours, Saudi media reported arrests inside the country although no names were published. At midnight, the area of Riyadh Airport … Continue reading The Saudi purge looks like an own goal by Mohammad Bin Salman