Thursday 1 November 2018

Saudi Prince Starts to Pay Political Price for Khashoggi Murder - Bloomberg

Saudi Prince Starts to Pay Political Price for Khashoggi Murder - Bloomberg:

The fallout from the murder of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi is mounting for the kingdom’s young leader abroad, if not so far at home.

After some of the investors who courted Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman stayed away from his glitzy gathering in Riyadh last week, the U.S. is now signaling its position on the man feted by President Donald Trump is shifting.

Two top officials in Washington demanded an end to the Saudi-led war in Yemen and the start of talks in November, deploying language they’ve rarely before used publicly. Three people with knowledge of the matter, including a US official, said the Trump administration is also pressuring the kingdom to resolve the crisis with Qatar.

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