Riyadh: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was promoted by some in the West as a reformer when he became the de facto leader of the ultra-conservative country five years ago.
But the honeymoon ended abruptly after the Saudi journalist dissatisfied Jamal Khashoggi In 2018 he was brutally murdered in the state’s Istanbul consulate.
Here are the details of the major developments:
On June 21, 2017, King Salman named his then-31-year-old son, Mohammed, as Crown Prince, a meteoric rise of the ambitious defense minister.
It comes amid a major fallout with Qatar, which Riyadh accuses of supporting terrorism and being too close to Saudi Arabia’s arch-rival Iran.
In November 2017, around 380 royals, senior executives and business tycoons were arrested in a dramatic purge posed as an anti-corruption campaign.
Many riads are held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel for weeks. Most are issued after an agreed upon significant financial settlement.
In September 2017, the monarchy ended the world’s only ban on female drivers by announcing that they would be able to take the wheel from June 2018.
Cinemas have also reopened, concerts with mixed-gender audiences are held, and women are allowed into sports stadiums.
The enthusiasm generated by the announcements has been somewhat dampened by the repression of women activists who campaigned for the right to drive.
In November 2017, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced in a televised address from Riyadh that he was resigning, citing Iran’s “hold” on his country.
Saudi Arabia is accused of forcing its hand to try to undermine the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement that shares power in Lebanon.
Hariri spends two weeks in Riyadh amid speculation that she is under house arrest. He returned to Lebanon after French intervention and withdrew his resignation.
Riyadh enters the war in Yemen in 2015 against Iran-backed Houthi rebels as the head of an internationally recognized government-backed Arab coalition.
Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the war escalates the conflict, which spreads across the country and creates what the United Nations calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
The coalition is condemned for airstrikes including markets and hospitals, causing heavy civilian casualties. The intervention fails to dispel the rebels.
In March 2018, the prince visits Egypt and the UK as heir on his first overseas tour, where he has lunch with Queen Elizabeth II.
Prince Mohammed then spends more than two weeks in the United States meeting with the President Donald Trump and visiting tech leaders in Silicon Valley. He also visits France and Spain.
On October 2, 2018, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and isolated inside the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate, sparking global outrage.
Prince Mohammed refused to order the assassination. The government blames rogue security officials.
A Saudi court condemned five people to death over the murder, but they were later given prison sentences instead.
The case turns the Crown Prince into a pariah in the West, with both a UN rapporteur and the CIA linking him to the assassination.
Energy behemoth Saudi Aramco completed the world’s largest initial public offering in December 2019.
The move is crucial to Prince Mohammed’s ambitious strategy to overhaul the oil-dependent economy.
In April 2021, Prince Mohammed It is surprising to announce that it wants to have “good relations” with Iran. The two arch enemies begin talks in Iraq.
The fifth round of talks in April 2022, welcomed by Iran as “positive and serious”, led to speculation that the Islamic Republic and the Sunni Empire could resume diplomatic relations in 2016.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels and the Saudi-led coalition have agreed to a two-month ceasefire beginning on April 2, 2022.
Yemen’s Saudi-backed President Abedrabo Mansour Hadi announced from Riyadh that he was handing over power to a new leadership council that would negotiate with the Houthis for lasting peace.
In June, the truce is renewed for another two months.
on June 14, white House announced that the US President Joe Biden Will meet with the Crown Prince in Riyadh, signaling the end of Khashoggi’s efforts to oust him.
But the honeymoon ended abruptly after the Saudi journalist dissatisfied Jamal Khashoggi In 2018 he was brutally murdered in the state’s Istanbul consulate.
Here are the details of the major developments:
On June 21, 2017, King Salman named his then-31-year-old son, Mohammed, as Crown Prince, a meteoric rise of the ambitious defense minister.
It comes amid a major fallout with Qatar, which Riyadh accuses of supporting terrorism and being too close to Saudi Arabia’s arch-rival Iran.
In November 2017, around 380 royals, senior executives and business tycoons were arrested in a dramatic purge posed as an anti-corruption campaign.
Many riads are held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel for weeks. Most are issued after an agreed upon significant financial settlement.
In September 2017, the monarchy ended the world’s only ban on female drivers by announcing that they would be able to take the wheel from June 2018.
Cinemas have also reopened, concerts with mixed-gender audiences are held, and women are allowed into sports stadiums.
The enthusiasm generated by the announcements has been somewhat dampened by the repression of women activists who campaigned for the right to drive.
In November 2017, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced in a televised address from Riyadh that he was resigning, citing Iran’s “hold” on his country.
Saudi Arabia is accused of forcing its hand to try to undermine the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement that shares power in Lebanon.
Hariri spends two weeks in Riyadh amid speculation that she is under house arrest. He returned to Lebanon after French intervention and withdrew his resignation.
Riyadh enters the war in Yemen in 2015 against Iran-backed Houthi rebels as the head of an internationally recognized government-backed Arab coalition.
Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the war escalates the conflict, which spreads across the country and creates what the United Nations calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
The coalition is condemned for airstrikes including markets and hospitals, causing heavy civilian casualties. The intervention fails to dispel the rebels.
In March 2018, the prince visits Egypt and the UK as heir on his first overseas tour, where he has lunch with Queen Elizabeth II.
Prince Mohammed then spends more than two weeks in the United States meeting with the President Donald Trump and visiting tech leaders in Silicon Valley. He also visits France and Spain.
On October 2, 2018, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and isolated inside the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate, sparking global outrage.
Prince Mohammed refused to order the assassination. The government blames rogue security officials.
A Saudi court condemned five people to death over the murder, but they were later given prison sentences instead.
The case turns the Crown Prince into a pariah in the West, with both a UN rapporteur and the CIA linking him to the assassination.
Energy behemoth Saudi Aramco completed the world’s largest initial public offering in December 2019.
The move is crucial to Prince Mohammed’s ambitious strategy to overhaul the oil-dependent economy.
In April 2021, Prince Mohammed It is surprising to announce that it wants to have “good relations” with Iran. The two arch enemies begin talks in Iraq.
The fifth round of talks in April 2022, welcomed by Iran as “positive and serious”, led to speculation that the Islamic Republic and the Sunni Empire could resume diplomatic relations in 2016.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels and the Saudi-led coalition have agreed to a two-month ceasefire beginning on April 2, 2022.
Yemen’s Saudi-backed President Abedrabo Mansour Hadi announced from Riyadh that he was handing over power to a new leadership council that would negotiate with the Houthis for lasting peace.
In June, the truce is renewed for another two months.
on June 14, white House announced that the US President Joe Biden Will meet with the Crown Prince in Riyadh, signaling the end of Khashoggi’s efforts to oust him.