, Oct 21 (AP) Saudi Arabia’s crown prince “crossed a line” in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and must pay a price, a leading US Senate Republican said on Sunday, in a sign of growing tensions between the United States and its Gulf ally.
Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he believed Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi royal known as MBS, was behind the killing of Khashoggi, who vanished after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2. Pro-government media in Turkey have reported that a hit squad travelled from Saudi Arabia to kill the Saudi critic.