The story: Several Gulf Arab States have issued statements of support for Saudi Arabia and its Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman (MbS). The reaction follows the US decision to declassify parts of an intelligence report that holds MbS responsible for “approving an operation in Istanbul, Turkey, to capture or kill the Saudi dissident and Washington Post’s columnist, Jamal Khashoggi.” 

The coverage: In a statement published by the Saudi Press Agency, (SPA) on Feb. 26, the country’s foreign ministry rejected the US report as “negative, false and unacceptable"...