Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Khaled, son of Saad Al-Jabri, the former Saudi security advisor, sparked an interaction between activists on social media after he published an opinion article in which he spoke about the “must” to save US President Joe Biden on relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
This came in an opinion article published by Khaled Al-Jabri in the American newspaper The Washington Post, in which he pointed out that he is a “victim,” shedding light on the situation of his two brothers who are detained in the Kingdom, saying: “However, I am still an advocate of a healthy partnership between the United States and Saudi Arabia. President Biden can and should To save the relationship, but not at any cost.”
Al-Jabri’s article comes after a report published by CNN, quoting sources close to the Al-Jabri family, about offering a settlement with the Saudi Crown Prince, Prince Muhammad bin Salman, to end the “legal battle” and settle financial disputes, in exchange for the release of his son Omar and his daughter Sarah, who are detained in Saudi Arabia. Extensive interaction between activists on social networking sites.
On the settlement submitted, a source close to Al-Jabri’s family told CNN that “while Dr. Saad denied any wrongdoing, he made a good faith offer to end the legal battle with Mohammed bin Salman and settle all financial disputes, in exchange for the release of his two hostage children, Sarah and Omar,” as he put it. .
The source added, “This offer serves the interests of the United States and Saudi Arabia because, if successful, it will end legal procedures that risk exposing state secrets related to counterterrorism operations that have saved thousands of American and Saudi lives.”
The source close to al-Jabri’s family continued, “If the Saudi government does not accept this offer, after a US federal court rejected the corruption allegations against Dr. Saad, it will prove that the financial allegations were just a false pretext to get away from the continued intimidation of Dr. Saad and his family.”
Saad al-Jabri had accused the Saudi crown prince, in a court case in Washington, DC, of sending a “assassination squad” from Saudi Arabia to Canada “in an attempt to kill him” days after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi “by members of the same group.” Meanwhile, the Saudi authorities accuse Al-Jabri of corruption and have filed embezzlement lawsuits against him in America and Canada.
Al-Jabri fled from Saudi Arabia to Turkey and then to Canada in 2017. Al-Jabri was considered the second man in the team of former Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, and the two strengthened close relations with US intelligence officials over years of working together in the fight against terrorism, especially against Al-Qaeda. After the September 11 attacks.