The Biden administration has backed off on sanctioning Saudi Arabia’s crown prince for his role in the brutal murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The administration released an intelligence report into the 2018 murder but said it would be “too complicated” to sanction the crown prince. (CNN, March 3. 2021, by Vivian Salama, Alex Marlquardt and Kylie Atwood)
Both congressional Democrats and Republicans condemned the decision, and human rights groups called for a broader freeze on weapons to Saudi Arabia. A Post editorial said the ruler should be held accountable especially as someone “who has sown instability around the Middle East.” (The Washington Post, March 1, 2021, by John Hudson and Karen DeYoung)