Prince Mohammed bin Salman

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International News

Saudi women scholars call out prince’s reform agenda

Leading female scholars from Saudi Arabia have described moves to ease restrictions on women as government spin aimed at an international audience to bolster support for efforts to liberalise its ailing economy. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is seeking to appeal to western governments as a reformist while cracking down on the very women inside the country who have been campaigning for an end to systematic discrimination, they say. […]

today1 December 2017

International News

Saudi Prince Miteb and brother released after three weeks in detention

Two senior Saudi princes have been released after more than three weeks in detention as part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's elite purge, according to sources. Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, the former head of the National Guard, was released after being arrested as part of a crackdown on alleged corruption among senior Saudi officials. Two Saudi sources close to the royal family confirmed to Middle East Eye that […]

today29 November 2017

Opinions

How Saudi Arabia trapped itself in Yemen

When Operation Decisive Storm was launched in March 2015, the young Saudi defence minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman promised all those he summoned to participate in the operation that it would be quick and surgical.Indeed, it was "surgical", targeting the Houthis and their weapons stores with great skill at first, but it was far from quick. And now, a few months off the offensive’s three-year anniversary, It seems that Saudi […]

today18 August 2017

International News

Saudi bikini resort sparks online criticism

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has proposed plans for a new luxury Red Sea resort in which special laws will allow women to wear bikinis as opposed to the usual strict dress requirements imposed by the Kingdom. Social media users were quick to criticise the decision, claiming that Saudi Arabia should be more interested in providing their women with their rights, than with what swimwear is allowed. Some […]

today9 August 2017

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