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In September last year, 10 prisoners from Morocco, the United States (US), the United Kingdom (UK), Sweden and Croatia made a brief stopover in Jeddah before heading to their respective countries. They were captured by the Russian forces while fighting on the Ukrainian side and were released into Saudi custody because of personal intercession by Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia and its de facto ruler. That episode, where Saudi goodwill ensured a brief interlude of compromise amid bitter combat, presaged what has become a much more public effort by the kingdom to bring an end to...
