Financial aid to failed Arab states is no longer supposed to be automatic but linked to reforms, conditions, and guarantees.

In Riyadh, they are not necessarily shutting off the tap but definitely changing the method. What once seemed like grants and deposits almost taken for granted in times of distress or at any other time is increasingly becoming money that comes with demands, supervision, and expectations of return.

Is this related to the war with Iran? Indirectly, yes.