"Saudi Arabia, as the morbid joke circulating Beirut would have it, is ready to fight Iran to the last Lebanese. But the joke only gets it half right—the new war reportedly being contemplated wouldn’t actually hurt Iran."https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/11/lebanon-saudi-arabia-saad-hariri-iran-hezbollah/545678/?utm_source=twb …
“Meshal Saad al-Bostani, named by pro-government Turkish media as one of 15 men suspected of killing the Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi, died in a car accident in Riyadh, according to a report from a pro-government newspaper.”https://www.businessinsider.de/khashoggi-suspect-mashal-saad-al-bostani-reportedly-dead-in-car-crash-2018-10 …
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@InsideFreuds,@Independent,@VICEUK, Tony Blair's@InstituteGC are among the many UK firms that have undertaken work with the Saudi state recentlyhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/19/saudi-arabia-pays-uk-firms-millions-to-boost-image …Show this thread -
"Saudi Arabia has admitted journalist Jamal Khashoggi ... is dead. Riyadh claimed that he was killed in a “fist-fight” with Saudi officials. ... The credibility of the Saudi court is already stretched to breaking point."https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/19/jamal-khashoggi-dead-saudi-arabian-state-television-confirms …
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@WSJ report on MbS puts on view the power the US has over its client states; and it’s instructive of the perils of concentrated power https://www.wsj.com/articles/scandal-over-dead-journalist-jolts-heir-to-saudi-throne-1540076164 …pic.twitter.com/yy42qP9SUZ
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@davidahearst: “It is palpable nonsense to say there is only one saviour of the 30,000 strong House of Saud. ... To leave bin Salman in position ... is to imperil the kingdom and to let a monster live another day.”https://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/why-mohammed-bin-salman-now-circling-wagons-2013703846 …Show this thread -
“The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month, contradicting the Saudi government’s claims that he was not involved in the killing”https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cia-concludes-saudi-crown-prince-ordered-jamal-khashoggis-assassination/2018/11/16/98c89fe6-e9b2-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html …
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