From an article I was reading about a $500Billion dollar project to build a 10,000 sq mile ‘utopian city’ called Neom. Prince Mohammed bin Salman said: “We were not like this in the past. We only want to go back to what we were — the moderate Islam that is open to the world, open to all the religions. [...] 70% of the Saudi people are less than 30 years old, and quite frankly we will not waste 30 years of our lives in dealing with extremist ideas.” This is the guy who is the new ruler of Saudi Arabia and is in the process of purging lots of people in power. Talks about peace talks are rumored for the region. Makes you wonder if a change from business as usual is possible for the region.
You are speaking of the NEOM Project, here is a good video about it...
Geo-economics of Saudi Arabia’s NEOM project
https://youtu.be/iKgwm6WKhSg
And, a video by them same creator from last month about Prince Salman...
Abdication of King Salman in Saudi Arabia
https://youtu.be/UzTBev_svWI
miracles can happen occasionally