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Saudi Arabia

Inevitable Isolation

Only a change of landscape with the incoming Biden administration or change of government in Islamabad itself, can reset the free-fall towards becoming a vassal state of China, as everyone else has left the building

Prince under fire

Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), the organisation Khashoggi had founded and headed until his death, is the other plaintiff and claims its operations and objective – advocacy of democracy in the Arab world - have been hampered severely by the murder. Both Ms Cengiz and DAWN are pursuing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Sultan and 28 others for damages in a suit that regardless of its outcome is likely to cause a flutter in the Saudi roost.

Entry banned

The Dubai suspension was lifted a few days ago after Air India Express reportedly apologised and assured authorities it would subject passengers to stringent tests. But these developments were enough to alarm Saudi Arabia which has now suspended air operations to and from India.