The most obvious development in the normalization process between the Arab countries and the Syrian regime were the announcement of the UAE and Bahraini governments to reopen their embassies in Damascus during the last week of December.
Just less than two years ago, at least two members (Saudi Arabia, UAE) of this initiative were reportedly on the verge of invading another member, Qatar.
The project is among a number of new foreign investments in Pakistan, like Saudi Arabia’s agreement to invest $15 billion in setting up an oil refinery in Gwadar (a port city of Pakistan), and interest from the UAE, which also wants to invest in Gwadar.
Despite the occasional positive statements, the tension between Qatar and its neighbours continues, while Kuwait and Oman remain cautious about the aggressive foreign policy moves of Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
On December 27, the United Arab Emirates announced that it will re-open their embassy in Damascus, which was followed by a visit of UAE businessmen to Syria.
In this sense, MbS probably tried to create a positive impression by paying visits to UAE, Egypt, Bahrain and Tunisia before heading to the G20 Summit.
Working with the advice of his mentor, the de facto ruler of UAE, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Zayed (MBZ), MbS prioritized an absurd war with the so called political Islam, imposed a blockade on Qatar, antagonized Turkey, initiated political and diplomatic crisis with traditional allies such as the Lebanese Prime Minister, King of Jordan, the Palestinian President, the Yemeni President.
It can be argued that the global public opinion believes that Saudi Arabia and the UAE are the main actors responsible for the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen.
So, not disregarding the possibility that the KSA-Israel-UAE triangle may cause provocations with the hopes of escalating military tensions between Iran and the U.
The main reason for the rapid deterioration of the crisis is the harsh steps taken by Mohammad bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and Mohammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
According to the plan put forward by the UAE official, the Prime Minister would be removed from office and replaced with Kamel Morjane, who was the former Defence Minister during the deposed President Zeinal Abidin Ben Ali.