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EstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-1132 · as of 2026-10-30 · about: Saudi Arabia: centralised monarchy under Salman and Mohammed bin Salman (2015–present) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“The US Office of the Director of National Intelligence assessed in 2021 that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved an operation in Istanbul to capture or kill the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.”

Context. The Saudi government rejected the assessment. Some lower-level perpetrators were convicted in Saudi Arabia; no senior official has been held accountable.

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