Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved of an operation to capture or kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in 2018, according to a declassified US intelligence assessment. Mr Khashoggi, a US resident who wrote opinion columns for the Washington Post critical of the crown prince’s policies, was killed and dismembered by a team… Continue reading Feb 2021. Saudi Prince ordered the Khashoggi Killing
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Mar 2020. Saudi Intercepts Missiles
March 2020. Saudi Arabia’s air defences intercepted two ballistic missiles above the kingdom’s capital, Riyadh, and the southern city of Jizan, the first attack on the kindom’s capital in more than a year. Military spokesman Turki al-Malki, in a statement quoted by the Saudi Press Agency, blamed the foiled assaults on Yemen’s Houthi rebels and… Continue reading Mar 2020. Saudi Intercepts Missiles