Middle East News

See who’s saying what on the Middle East and how different sections of the Press approach the same story.

UK government ‘has blood on its hands’ over Yemen conflict but poll shows 42% of British public do not know war exists in The Independent

Gaza: three boys killed in Israeli airstrike, say Palestinian medics in The Guardian

Khashoggi killing undermines stability in the Middle East, warns US defence secretary Jim Mattis in The Independent

Saudi Arabia refuses Turkey’s bid to extradite Khashoggi murder suspects as Erdogan demands kingdom reveals ‘local co-operator’s identity and says he has more information about the journalist’s death in the Daily Mail

Khashoggi murder undermines stability, Mattis says, as Saudis bemoan ‘hysteria’ in The Guardian

Savage Khashoggi killers must be punished, says Hatice Cengiz in The Times

Khashoggi suspects will face trial in Saudi Arabia, says foreign minister, as row grows over extradition in The Telegraph

Tories abstain as European parliament overwhelmingly backs EU-wide arms embargo on Saudi Arabia in The Independent

Duke of York ‘eager to work closely with Saudi Arabia’ in The Times

Jamal Khashoggi’s body was ‘cut into three pieces, stuffed in suitcase – then thrown down well’ in the Daily Mirror

Khashoggi killing was premeditated, admit Saudis in The Times

Saudi King ‘will have Crown Prince REPLACED to restore the credibility of the monarchy’ after his disastrous handling of the Khashoggi murder in the Daily Mail

Russia seizes on Khashoggi unease to strike Saudi deals in The Times

Mohammed bin Salman calls Khashoggi murder a ‘heinous crime’ in The Guardian

Defiant Saudi Crown Prince declares Khashoggi murder ‘a heinous crime that cannot be justified’ as he says the country will be ‘totally different’ in five years in the Daily Mail

Jamal Khashoggi: Crown Prince condemns “heinous” killing ‘being used to try drive wedge between Turkey and Saudia’ in the Daily Mirror

Trump accuses Saudis of ‘worst cover-up ever’ after Khashoggi killing in The Times

Donald Trump calls Khashoggi killing ‘worst cover-up ever’ as US announces penalties on suspects in The Telegraph

‘A total fiasco’: Trump calls aftermath of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder ‘the worst cover-up in the history of cover-ups’ but says he will let Congress decide whether to sanction Saudi Arabia in the Daily Mail

Jamal Khashoggi’s disfigured face is ‘found in garden of Saudi consul general’s home’ in the Daily Mirror

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