Riyadh is the Arab world's new real leader - opinion
Egypt's demographic and economic challenges have weakened its position, creating a vacuum that has been filled by an increasingly assertive Saudi crown prince.
FOREIGN MINISTERS and other delegates participating in a meeting on the future of Syria pose for a group photo, in Riyadh, earlier this month. Saudi Arabia has assumed a prominent role under the leadership of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, say the writers.(photo credit: SAUDI PRESS AGENCY/REUTERS)ByELIE PODEH, ONN WINCKLER
