U.S. Raising Pressure on Saudi Arabia Over Qatar and Yemen, Sources Say - Bloomberg

U.S. Raising Pressure on Saudi Arabia Over Qatar and Yemen, Sources Say - Bloomberg:

The U.S. is raising pressure on Saudi Arabia to wind down its political and economic isolation of Qatar, according to three people familiar with the effort, as the kingdom continues to be buffeted by its role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

President Donald Trump has said little about Saudi Arabia’s role in the killing of Khashoggi, a U.S. resident and insider-turned-critic of the kingdom, since being briefed last week by CIA Director Gina Haspel. But the administration wants to see Saudi Arabia resolve the Qatar crisis and take similar steps toward its widely criticized war in Yemen, according to one U.S. official who, like the other people cited in this story, asked not to be identified.

The killing of Khashoggi and Saudi Arabia’s shifting explanations for what happened after he entered the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 have focused attention on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s missteps and raised questions among critics about whether he’s fit to succeed his father, King Salman.