Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has huge ambitions for change in Saudi Arabia. But will his reforms also mean greater turbulence in the Middle East? WSJ's Niki Blasina reports. Photo: GettySaudi Arabia’s crown prince is stepping up pressure on detained members of the country’s elite resisting his demands for billions of dollars in payments—moving them from a luxury hotel to prison, according to people familiar with the move, and threatening them with prosecution. The kingdom has wrested about $100 billion from most of the 350 Saudi royals and prominent business people arrested in what the Saudi leader has said is a corruption purge, Saudi officials said.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 26, 2018 21:17 UTC