[Baron von Kriterium]

There have been quite a few developments in the Kingdom the past several days.

Today:

Multiple reports and rumors that the King will hand the Crown to Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) within 48 hours.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/876832/Saudi-Arabia-King-Salman-ruler-Prince-Mohammed-bin-Salman

Saudi Arabia orders its citizens to leave Lebanon immediately.
http://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=1686201#1686201

Lebanese government believes that Sauds are detaining PM Hariri. Lebanon wants him to return to formally resign. The newspaper Al Akhbar reports that Hariri will agree to retire from political life and move to Europe. The Saudis will install Hariri's brother (after first travelling to Riyadh to pledge allegiance).

Tuesday:
On Sunday, just after Lebanese PM Hariri's resignation, Israel sent a cable to all of its embassies. That message was leaked and revealed support of the Sauds. The link is in Hebrew and, perhaps Google didn’t translate well, but it seems to indicate Israeli support of MbS.
http://news.nana10.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=1272790&sid=126

Monday:
- Prince Abdul Aziz bin Fahd was allegedly killed during a firefight with authorities.

- As part of the wide-scale political purges conducted by MbS, Riyadh ordered the arrest of Ahmed al-Jarba and Riad Hijab, two former Saudi backed proxies who were vying to take control of Syria and establish a Takfiri state. While Ahmed al-Jarba and Riad Hijab never had meaningful support in Syria, the Sauds had consistently backed them and their colleagues in an effort to destabilise Syria.

- As reported by Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-politics-saudi/saudi-arabia-says-lebanon-has-declared-war-on-it-idUSKBN1D62NQ?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social
“Saudi Arabia said on Monday that Lebanon had declared war against it because of attacks against the Kingdom by the Lebanese Shi‘ite group Hezbollah.”

Sunday:
A helicopter crash killed another Saudi prince, Mansour bin Muqrin. When taken in totality, the ‘crash’ does not appear to be an accident.


Saturday:
- The weekend started off with the resignation of the Lebanese PM, Saad Hariri. The stated reason for the resignation was fear of an assassination by Hezbollah. However, this resignation, when discussed with the supposed death of Prince Abdul Aziz, gives some credence to the theory that the Hariri resignation has more to do with internal Saudi affairs than the Saudi attempt to bring instability to Lebanon.

- The MbS purge begins, including the commander of the national guard, Miteb bin Abdullah. Now, this guy is a son of the late King Abdullah and has long been considered a potential future king.

- A ballistic missile was fired from Yemen into Saudi Arabia. The Sauds blame Iran, of course.

June 2017:
The former Crown Prince, Prince Nayef, was ousted. He is still under house arrest.