UN Some shit going down in Saudi Arabia - Rumors of a surprise attack/coup

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Only things I've found so far, Saudi Arabia intercepted a ballistic missile flying at or over their capital:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/04/middleeast/saudi-arabia-ballistic-missile/index.html

In an "anti-corruption" sting the Saudi King had most royals with positions and ministers stripped of their powers and put under house arrest.
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has removed a prominent prince who headed the National Guard, replaced the economy minister and announced the creation of a new anti-corruption committee.

The Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya news channel also reported late Saturday that dozens of princes and former ministers were detained in a new anti-corruption probe headed by the kingdom's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed Salman. No further details were immediately given.

The king ousted one of the country's highest-level royals from power, relieving Prince Miteb bin Abdullah of his post as head of the National Guard. Prince Miteb was once considered a contender for the throne.


The monarch also replaced Minister of Economy and Planning Adel Fakeih with his deputy, Mohammad al-Tuwaijri.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/04/sau...ers-arrests-princes-and-former-officials.html
 
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Oh Long Johnson said:
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The monarchy in the kingdom has always been a bit democratic, generally the core group of princes decide matters and the king (who's also in the same core group) stamp it. Even succession is more of a vote between the best option by the family.

But we all know how power works, it was inevitable that someone would come along and make the monarchy more...monarchical.
 
Darndirty said:
The monarchy in the kingdom has always been a bit democratic, generally the core group of princes decide matters and the king (who's also in the same core group) stamp it. Even succession is more of a vote between the best option by the family.
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That's not particularly democratic, that's more monarchy by committee.
 
XYZpdq said:
I no habla Mideast. Is this a real thing or is this like when DPRK says everything is war every day.
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Ok, here's something of a rundown, it's some WW1 casus-belli level autism:

  • Saudi Arabia is fighting a proxy war against Iran in Yemen.
  • Hezbollah is the Iranian backed middle man between the Yemeni rebels and Iran
  • Iran gave Yemeni rebels a ballistic missile at some point and they launched it at Saudi Arabia's capital
  • Saudi Arabia said this could be seen as an act of war
  • The country of Lebanon, to the north, above Israel, is controlled by a wing of Hezbollah
  • Hezbollah controls Lebanon which means they're a puppet of Iran, therefore Saudi Arabia sees them as a valid target.
tl;dr Instead of Saudi Arabia outright declaring war on Iran and turning what would be the entirety of Iraq into a battlefield, it looks like they're going after one of Iran's puppets and something of a base of operations and supply point for Hezbollah to weaken Iran's influence.

The question is how will Saudi Arabia get to Lebanon, since Iraq, Syria, Jordan, and Israel are in the way. The safest bet (which still isn't that safe) is they get permission from Jordan to go through their airspace. This would still cause them to violate Syria's airspace which would be another problem.
 
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King n Yellow said:
Ok, here's something of a rundown, it's some WW1 casus-belli level autism:

  • Saudi Arabia is fighting a proxy war against Iran in Yemen.
  • Hezbollah is the Iranian backed middle man between the Yemeni rebels and Iran
  • Iran gave Yemeni rebels a ballistic missile at some point and they launched it at Saudi Arabia's capital
  • Saudi Arabia said this could be seen as an act of war
  • The country of Lebanon, to the north, above Israel, is controlled by a wing of Hezbollah
  • Hezbollah controls Lebanon which means they're a puppet of Iran, therefore Saudi Arabia sees them as a valid target.
tl;dr Instead of Saudi Arabia outright declaring war on Iran and turning what would be the entirety of Iraq into a battlefield, it looks like they're going after one of Iran's puppets and something of a base of operations and supply point for Hezbollah to weaken Iran's influence.

The question is how will Saudi Arabia get to Lebanon, since Iraq, Syria, Jordan, and Israel are in the way. The safest bet (which still isn't that safe) is they get permission from Jordan to go through their airspace. This would still cause them to violate Syria's airspace which would be another problem.
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I think Syria has better things to worry about at the mo.

But I could see the Israelis letting the Saudis through just to bomb Hezbollah.
 
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