4 Nov 2017 Jahr - The purge - Prince Alwaleed bin Talal arrested & Houthi forces in Yemen shoot missile at Saudi Arabia and it gets shot down

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A ballistic missile, the Burquan 2H, is fired by Houthi forces in Yemen; the missile is intercepted over the King Khalid International Airport close to Riyadh. Saudi Arabia alleges that Iran supplied the weapon and terms it an "act of war"; Iran denied the allegation. The Saudi-Iranian dispute raises regional tensions. Meanwhile in Saudi Arabia, eleven Saudi princes—including billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the world's wealthiest men and a nephew of the king—are arrested on orders of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who hours earlier had been appointed by the king as the head of a new "anti-corruption committee" with sweeping powers. Four ministers and a number of former ministers are also detained. The purge surprised observers and was widely seen as a bid by the crown prince to consolidate power.