Will be interesting to watch as there’s a broader opposition movement now specially compromising young people even some from religious backgrounds but all worried about economic downturn though politically it seems for now erdogan has managed to drain the momentum of this movement

But that happened under the watch of Pakistan military. A Q Khan was just a functionary

Very interesting stuff. Its fascinating to see the views and personalities of the people who have become face of Emirati diplomacy and executioners of its transforming statecraft

Indeed his understanding of most middle eastern files was quite insightful and most people within the industry said the same but on Syria don’t know what happened.

He was good on egypt but took a complete you turn on syria and became awful by every passing day.

because the ruling order is backed by washington who kicked out Putin's friend so nobody cares

Also Saudi Arabia and its rulers would have got nothing in terms of political capital or legitimacy other than some token goodwill from western states from this normalisation. Neither Israel would have come to defend saudis against houthis and not to mention huge backlash across islamic world

Also its interesting the Saudi stance on Israel and its actions in Gaza and against Iran has been one which has gradually evolved in time. Saudi reaction to Israel-Iran confrontation in april was different to the recent one probably anticipating Netanyahu’s non-interest in a normalisation.