Saudi Arabia to open first alcohol store for diplomats

Saudi Arabia is going to open first alcohol store for non-Muslim diplomats for the first time in the capital. 

The country has planned to allow the sale of alcohol to non-Muslim diplomats, who previously had to import alcohol via a diplomatic pouch, one of the sources said.

Prohibition has been the law of the land in Saudi Arabia since 1952, shortly after one of King Abdulaziz's sons got drunk and, in a rage, shot dead a British diplomat.

Rumours have swirled for years that alcohol would become available in the Gulf kingdom amid a wave of social reforms introduced as part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 reform agenda, among them the introduction of cinemas and mixed-gender music festivals.