Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi ( ; , ; 13 October 1958 – 2 October 2018 ) was a Saudi Arabian dissident , author , columnist for '' The Washington Post '' , and a general manager and editor-in-chief of Al-Arab News Channel who was assassinated at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018 by agents of the Saudi government after they had allegedly used Israeli spyware to hack his cell phone . He also served as editor for the Saudi newspaper '' Al Watan '' , turning it into a platform for Saudi progressives
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Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi
Jamal Khashoggi