Jeremy Hunt will attempt to encourage Saudi authorities to cooperate with Turkish investigation The UK foreign secretary is flying to Saudi Arabia to request that the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, cooperates more fully [ More … ]
NSA whistleblower claims Pegasus spyware was used to track slain Saudi journalist Software made by an Israeli cyber security firm was used to track murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a former U.S. National Security Agency contractor [ More … ]
In CNN interview, sons call their father ‘courageous, generous and very brave,’ and say they have endured weeks of anguish since his killing The sons of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi appealed over CNN television for the return [ More … ]
By: Yasin Aktay* The murder of Jamal Khashoggi that was planned in advance and conducted in an organized manner ended with the opposite of the desired outcome because of “a small misfortune” which was not plotted [ More … ]
Prince Ahmad bin Abdul Aziz returns to Riyadh with UK and US security guarantees and a brief to cut the crown prince down to size Prince Ahmad bin Abdulaziz, the younger brother of King Salman, [ More … ]
The ascendance of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia was a boon for Israel, He sought to push back against Iran, even comparing its supreme leader to Hitler. He cared little for the Palestinian [ More … ]
Trump’s ‘Long History’ of Financial Dealings with the Saudis Complicates the Khashoggi Affair – American politicians, presidents included, have long turned a blind eye to the Saudi government’s wrongdoing, but even many of them seem [ More … ]
The disappearance and death of journalist and Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi has thrust Saudi Arabia back into a global spotlight that centers directly on the Kingdom’s troubled human-rights record. And because Khashoggi once enjoyed a [ More … ]
Turkish President says investigation into who ordered journalist’s killing must extend to highest levels of Saudi government Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of a “gruesome murder” carried out inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in [ More … ]
The World Economic Forum objects to the use of the “Davos” brand for events that have nothing to do with its own activities The World Economic Forum, as the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation, is [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia spent almost $27 million on U.S. lobbying in 2017, nearly triple the amount during former President Obama’s last year in office, according to figures compiled by a Washington-based think tank, Lobbying expenditures jumped from [ More … ]
The Egyptian and Saudi Armed Forces concluded their joint military drills “Tabuk 4”, which took place in Egypt’s southern military zone and involved land forces from both countries. Egypt’s military says its forces have concluded [ More … ]
Kingdom sacks intelligence official, arrests 18 Saudis saying the missing journalist was killed in a ‘fist fight’. Saudi Arabia admitted journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul, saying he died [ More … ]
Crown prince under pressure to provide answers about Khashoggi. He may become threat to his own project of attracting business. He was the man who sold the world on his vision of a Saudi economy [ More … ]
American intelligence officials are increasingly convinced that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia is culpable in the killing of the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an appraisal that poses challenges to a White House [ More … ]
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