HouseOfSaud:AFamilyAtWar

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  • AdefinitivelookathowthenewchallengesfacingtheKingd… AdefinitivelookathowthenewchallengesfacingtheKingdomofSaudiArabiacouldchangeourworld. SincetheKingdomofSaudiArabiawasconstitutedin1932,inexhaustiblewealthhasgrantedtheKingdom'srulingroyalfamilytotalpowerathomeandthefreedomtoactwithrelativeimpunityabroad.AgrowingregionalconfrontationwithIranhasnowplacedtheKingdomattheheartofthecrisisintheMiddleEast. EnteranewCrownPrince,MohammedBinSalman.This32year-oldhaspledgedtotransformtheKingdomandhastakenanumberofradicalsteps.Asthenewleaderstepsintothelimelight,thisthree-partserieshighlightsthechallengesfacedbySaudiArabiatodayandexaminestherolethecountryplaysinourworld. ThenewCrownPrincehasstatedthathewantstoreturntoa「moderateIslam」;withthisinmind,thefirstfilmintheseriesexaminesthefamily'sconnectionswiththosewhohaveadvocatedanultra-conservativeformofIslam.Itconsidershowthoseconnections,combinedwithadesiretocombatIranianinfluenceacrosstheregion,haveledSaudis,eveninrecentyears,toprovidefinancialsupporttothosewhopromoteviolentextremism.ItalsoexploreshowthestrugglewithIranhasledtheKingdomintoacontroversialandbrutalwarinYemen. Thisinvestigativeseriestakesanin-depthlookatoneofthemostimportantinternationalstoriesofourgeneration,examiningacrucialmomentinSaudiArabia'shistory-onethatcouldimpactthefutureoftheworldatlarge.