The Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was suddenly nicknamed "Bone Saw" in Washington after the Saudi journalist's disappearance at his consulate in Istanbul, the New York Times reported, amid news of his death and his cutting.
In an article by Jim Ruttenberg, the newspaper noted that six months ago the American media gave a bright picture of Mohammed bin Salman during his visit to the United States.
She added that the embrace of the Crown Prince was not limited to the media, but to major companies welcomed him and talked about deals with the Saudi side.
But this image, according to the New York Times, was distorted on October 2 when Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who holds a critical view of the government, disappeared after entering the consulate in Istanbul and has yet to leave, amid Riyadh's insistence that he was not involved in his killing. .
But last week US intelligence officials backed assessments by the Turkish authorities that Khashoggi, a Washington Post reporter, had been killed by Saudis.
The Washington Post described Khashoggi's disappearance as "a cold-blooded murder sponsored by the state."
Against the backdrop of the Khashoggi case, a large number of major media companies and American investors decided not to attend an investment conference due to be held in Riyadh at the end of this month.
The New York Times reported that several media organizations had refused even before Khashoggi's appearance to attend the conference after CPJ spoke in January of the Saudi authorities' arrest of several Saudi journalists, including Saleh al-Shehhi.
The newspaper quoted the director of the Middle East and North Africa Program Committee that "the allegations of reforms in Saudi Arabia is a hoax."