The following month, a hit squad, reportedly acting on bin Salman’s orders, strangled Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post journalist who had been critical of the regime, and used a bone saw to dismember his corpse.
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Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Organized crime exercises de facto control over vast swaths of the country, where the discovery of clandestine graves is commonplace, and thousands of corpses remain unidentified in morgues and public cemeteries.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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