But in reality he was an Iranian spy and his writing was propaganda for that regime. The Iranians plan to take over the nearby Muslim countries and already have their proxies in Syria and Lebanon..And the Iranians have been using their puppets in Yemen to bomb Saudi sites for years.
In addition to working for the WaPost (who somehow are supposed to be immune), his death was a handy cause celeb to claim Trump and his admin did not care about Journalist’s rights.