Can they deal with a purge and the Lebanese ..?
Saudi Gulf affairs minister Thamer al-Sabhan said the Lebanese government would “be dealt with as a government declaring war on Saudi Arabia” because of what he described as aggression by Hezbollah.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-l...-idUSKBN1D61SZHariri cited a plot to assassinate him during his unexpected resignation speech broadcast from Saudi Arabia which caught even his aides off guard. He also slammed Hezbollah and Iran, accusing them of sowing strife in the Arab world.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has said he will not comment on Hariri’s speech, calling it a “Saudi statement” and saying Riyadh had forced Hariri to resign.
The sudden nature of Hariri’s resignation generated speculation in Lebanon that his family’s Saudi construction business had been caught up in an anti-corruption purge and he had been coerced into resigning.
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Good editorial in NYT
Attention: Saudi Prince in a Hurry https://nyti.ms/2j8SqGA
This is an interesting read on the whole international context of who's who, and what might have motivated the action now.
Riyadh's night of long knives and long-range missiles - BBC News
Interview with THOMAS Friedman.
Saudi Arabia’s Arab Spring, at Last https://nyti.ms/2i0mwfg
they are holding everyone in appalling conditions inside the gold-clad called Ritz Carton hotel
Ritz-Carlton Riyadh hotel a five-star 'prison for Saudi princes' | HotelierMiddleEast.com