Bad heir days loom for Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman

The release of a damning declassified CIA report on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and a snub by US President Joe Biden could spell the end for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

21 February 2021 - 00:00 By Sunday Times

'Has the sacrificial animal arrived yet?" These chilling words by a Saudi brigadier-general, captured on tape, add to the overwhelming evidence that the slaughter of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi on October 2 2018 in the country's embassy in Istanbul was brutal and premeditated. ..

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