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There are reports circulating that the recent killings of Washington Post journalist at a Saudi Embassy in Istanbul have triggered serious confrontation to grab power using the incident as a weapon within the Al-Saud Royal family of Saudi Arabia.
Background:
Mr. Khashoggi vanished on October 2nd after his visit to the Saudi consulate over divorce documents from his previous marriage, while his fiancé waited outside. According to her, he never came out. Security surveillance camera also supported her claim. However, for two weeks Saudi Arabia tried to press that Jamal Khashoggi left the consulate after 20 minutes of entering but under intense international outcry and pressure from allies, Saudi Arabia finally claimed that the journalist was killed in a fist-fight after officials asked him to return to his home country to get all the necessary papers.
At the same time, Turkey outraged by the killing on its soil claimed to have an audio tape of the killing and CCTV footages that in reality, Khashoggi was brutally murdered and the Kingdom preplanned it, which contradicted the Saudi account of an accidental killing. Finally, Saudi Arabia accepted late last month that the killing was premeditated.
Turkey recently shared an audio tape of the killing with western NATO allies and called on Saudi Arabia to reveal those true culprit. President Trump of the U.S. described the killing as brutal and vicious. Also, there have reports that assessment of the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), crown Prince Muhammad bin-Salman (MbS) was involved in ordering the killing.
Tensions within Al-Saud family:
Tensions within the Al-Saudi family peaked the new king changed the succession plan by replacing the then crown prince Muhammad bin-Nayef with the current price Salman.
After being elected as the next to the throne, crown prince Salman took some harsh steps to improve Saudi Arabia’s financial positions and to end corruption within the family, which saw scores of princes, businessmen, high ranking officials getting arrested, with two princes getting killed in gunfights during arrests over corruption. Many princes like billionaire Al-Waleed bin-Talal had to give up a vast amount of fortunes to secure release.
Current turmoil:
For the past month the younger brother of Saudi Arabia's King Salman, 76-year old Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, has reportedly been positioned as the prime candidate to replace the increasingly embattled crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) after Prince Ahmed returned to the kingdom from self-imposed exile weeks ago.
But as the King recently expressed his confidence on Crown Prince Salman, it was clear that even if MbS was involved the King is not going to replace him. Currently, reports suggest that plans are being plot to counter Prince Salman’s claims to the throne once the ailing 82-year old king passes away.
