Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy, has announced it will hold its first council elections, in a move seen as the kingdom's first real political reform.
The government decided to "widen the participation of citizens in running local affairs through elections", the state news agency SPA reported.
Half the members of future councils will be elected under the reform.
The desert kingdom has never had political elections at any level since its creation in 1932.
It's just a start, but would it have happened without the war in Iraq?
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