Exiled Saudi Intel Official Claims Crown Prince MBS Sought to Kill Him

A former top-ranking Saudi intelligence official living in exile in Canada alleged in a lawsuit filed in a U.S. court Thursday that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent a team to kill him in 2018 but the effort was foiled by Canadian authorities.

Saad al-Jabri was a long-time aide to Prince Mohammed bin Nayef. The crown prince – known as MbS – ousted Nayef as heir to the throne in a 2017 palace coup that left him the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, a close U.S. ally.

People with knowledge of the situation told Reuters earlier this year that Jabri has access to documents containing sensitive information that MbS fears could be compromising.

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{Matzav.com}