Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today’s WorldView newsletter . In the Middle East right now, all eyes are on Riyadh . The Saudi capital was the site of a series of events over the weekend that dramatized the ruthless ambition of the kingdom’s new leadership. First, Saudi officials reported they had intercepted and destroyed a “ballistic missile” northeast of Riyadh fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen, where a Saudi-led intervention has turned into a protracted, ruinous war — and now a full blockade of Yemen , announced late Sunday. Second, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced his resignation while on a visit to Saudi Arabia, a move that surprised many analysts and plunged his country into yet another political crisis . Then, in the late hours […]