Khashoggi’s Name Runs Through Middle East History
From the Ottoman Empire to interviewing Osama bin Laden, the family’s ties are a tapestry of intrigue.
The shadow of a security guard falls on the entrance door of the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul.
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Jamal Khashoggi’s family history was bound up with political intrigue and prominent figures in the Middle East even before his mysterious disappearance from a Saudi Arabian consulate.
The Washington Post columnist, who vanished in Istanbul and Turkey says was killed by the Saudis, counted relatives who rubbed shoulders with the high and mighty. He, too, became a consummate Saudi insider, before shifting to critic of the royal court and disappearing in a suspicious fashion that has roiled the kingdom’s relations with the U.S. and Turkey.