Saudi leadership condole with Khashoggi’s family and relatives

King Salman expressed his deepest sympathy in a telephone call Sunday to Salah Jamal Khashoggi. (SPA)
Updated 22 October 2018
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Saudi leadership condole with Khashoggi’s family and relatives

  • King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman talked with the son of the late journalist on Sunday

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have extended their condolences to the family and relatives of the late journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi Press Agency reported early Monday.
King Salman expressed his deepest sympathy in a telephone call Sunday to Salah Jamal Khashoggi, the son of the 59-year-old journalist, who died in Istanbul early this month.
The crown prince also condoled with Salah Jamal Khashoggi by phone, the SPA said.
Khashoggi's son thanked the king and the crown prince, the report added. 

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir earlier said that the death of Khashoggi was the result of a “rogue operation” by people acting beyond the scope of their authority.


Saudi leadership sends cables of condolences after passing of former Jordanian prime minister 

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (File/SPA)
Updated 05 February 2026
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Saudi leadership sends cables of condolences after passing of former Jordanian prime minister 

  • Obeidat was prime minister and minister of defense from 1984 to 1985, minister of interior between 1982 and 1984
  • He died on Monday at the age of 88

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent separate cables of condolence to Jordan’s King Abdullah II after the passing of former prime minister Ahmad Obeidat.

Obeidat was prime minister and minister of defense from 1984 to 1985, minister of interior between 1982 and 1984, and director of the General Intelligence Directorate between 1974 and 1982. He died on Monday at the age of 88. 

King Salman extended his “deepest condolences” to King Abdullah and the family of the deceased, praying that God grant Obeidat forgiveness and have mercy on him.

The crown prince sent a similar cable to King Abdullah.