Vanity Fair UK – September 2019

Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman has been consolidating

power—and silencing critics—since being named crown prince in 2017.

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CROSSHAIRS

By Ayman M. Mohyeldin

The assassination of Jamal Khashoggi was no aberration.

A Vanity Fair investigation reveals how Saudi Arabia

attempts to abduct, repatriate—and sometimes murder—

citizens it regards as enemies of the state

SEPTEMBER 2019