Khashoggi’s ghost still haunts Saudi policy in Yemen and MBS at home


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Issue 1075 - 23 Feb 2019 | 4 minute read

Try as it might, Saudi Arabia can’t put the murder of Jamal Khashoggi behind it. Four months after the brutal killing in Istanbul by a team of men close to Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS), the late journalist’s many friends are unwilling to let the matter be forgotten. Saudi Arabia is making great efforts to win back influence, but looks powerless to change the narrative – at least in the West. Adel Al-Jubeir, who is just as active on the international stage as he was before being demoted to minister of state for foreign affairs in January, was in the United States in February.

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