Saudi Arabia¡¯s crown prince, accused in a U.S. intelligence report of approving an operation to capture or kill a prominent journalist, crushed dissent and sidelined rivals in a push for power that has delighted admirers, unsettled Riyadh¡¯s traditional foreign allies and shocked human rights advocates.
A declassified U.S. intelligence assessment released on Friday said Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the operation against Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a royal insider-turned-critic who was killed at the kingdom¡¯s Istanbul consulate in 2018 and his body dismembered.
The disclosure poses a fresh challenge to the 35-year-old prince¡¯s reputation as the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden places Saudi Arabia¡¯s human rights record under close scrutiny.
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