For subscribers
News analysis
Saudi's powerful Crown Prince seen as covering up Khashoggi's case, but it may backfire
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attending a meeting at the UN headquarters in New York on March 27, 2018.
PHOTO: REUTERS
WASHINGTON - Saudi Arabia's statement blaming journalist Jamal Khashoggi's death on a "fistfight" in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul has been met with widespread scepticism by analysts.
Toronto-based author Tarek Fatah, author and a fellow of the conservative Middle East Forum, tweeted: "The great Saudi coverup begins."
