Saudi Arabia: Bandar is back

After nearly two years out of the limelight, former Saudi ambassador to Washington Prince Bandar Bin Sultan Al-Saud made a high-profile return to the Kingdom in mid-October. Several senior princes met him at the airport, including General Intelligence Directorate chief Prince Miqrin Bin Abdelaziz, assistant defence minister Prince Khalid Bin Sultan, assistant interior minister Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef, state minister and head of the Cabinet Presidency Court Prince Abdelaziz Bin Fahd, Prince Faisal Bin Khalid Bin Sultan (adviser to his uncle, Crown Prince Sultan) and National Security Council assistantsecretary-general Prince Salman Bin Sultan.