RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi Arabia on Sunday (Dec 16) rejected as "interference" a US Senate resolution to end American military support for a Riyadh-led war in Yemen, and another holding its Crown Prince responsible for the murder of critic Jamal Khashoggi. The Senate also approved a resolution condemning Mr Khashoggi's murder and calling Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, "responsible" for it. The Saudi ministry warned that the kingdom would not tolerate any "disrespect" of its rulers. The Senate resolution acknowledged the US-Saudi ties were "important" but called on Riyadh to "moderate its increasingly erratic foreign policy". Mr Khashoggi, a Saudi contributor to the Washington Post, was killed on Oct 2 shortly after entering the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul in what Riyadh called a "rogue" operation.

Source: The Star December 17, 2018 03:45 UTC