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Long and informative article about MbS (would this be a draft for an obituary?)

Through such a highly selective anti-corruption campaign, Mohammed’s kleptocracy has nonetheless accomplished several goals. It has disempowered many of the economic elites and their Al Saud allies and expropriated their sources of income. Detaining several media moguls and investors, Mohammed has privileged his family’s own media company and controlled the narrative coming out of Saudi Arabia. He has also shattered notions of consensus as well as the long-standing balance of power within the top ruling members of the monarchy. While the latter may not have been able to prevent the crown prince from taking the throne, they could have presented many obstacles to the centralization of his power and governance in general. Most tragically, the regime has succeeded at what every Saudi regime has historically done best: terrorizing a whole population. Yet again, people’s political aspirations, let alone dreams of leading better and more prosperous lives, will not see the light of day.

https://www.thenation.com/article/how-mohammed-bin-salman-has-transformed-saudi-arabia/

There are many tweets in Arabic that MbS is dead, but it is from sites against KSA, such as this pro-Syria account https://twitter.com/fadigaber5/status/999906085161979905

Soon we will know:

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Defense, has met in Jeddah with the President of the World Economic Forum, Borge Brende, and his accompanying delegation.

During the meeting, they discussed international and regional economic developments, and economic and financial reforms being implemented in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The meeting was attended by Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan and Minister of Economy and Planning Mohammed Al-Tuwaijri.

https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1279441/saudi-crown-prince-meets-wef-president

Will there be info here https://twitter.com/borgebrende later today?