Khashoggi fled Saudi Arabia in September 2017 and went into self-imposed exile. He had been sharply critical of Saudi Arabia's crown prince and the country's king, Salman. He also opposed the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.
In the Post, he criticized the Saudi Arabian-led blockade against Qatar, dispute with Lebanon,[33] Saudi Arabia's diplomatic dispute with Canada,[34] and the Kingdom's crackdown on dissent and media.[35] Khashoggi condemned Saudi Arabia's arrest of Loujain al-Hathloul, who was ranked third in the list of "Top 100 Most Powerful Arab Women 2015", and several other women's rights advocates involved in the women to drive movement and the anti male-guardianship campaign.[30]
According to Khashoggi, "Egypt has jailed 60,000 opposition members and is deserving of criticism as well."[34] Khashoggi wrote that despite Barack Obama's "declared support for democracy and change in the Arab world in the wake of the Arab Spring, then-President Barack Obama did not take a strong position and reject the coup against President-elect Mohamed Morsi. The coup, as we know, led to the military’s return to power in the largest Arab country along with tyranny, repression, corruption and mismanagement."[40] The military regime was installed in Egypt following the overthrow of Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi in a military coup on 3 July 2013.[41]
His support of Morsi said a lot about him and his alliances. The Media in US wouldn't talk about it.
