State department ‘not in a position to detail the identity’ of those on list as US under heavy criticism for failure to sanction Saudi heirThe US state department has refused to say whether Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is one of the Saudi officials subject to US visa restrictions under the new “Khashoggi ban”.The ban is named after the Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, whose murder and dismemberment in 2018 was approved by the crown prince, according to a US intelligence assessment declassified on Friday. Continue reading...
Sunday 18 April 2021
theguardian - 2 month ago
US refuses to say whether crown prince one of 76 Saudis hit by visa ban


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