US President Donald Trump has strongly defended ties with Saudi Arabia despite international condemnation of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder. Trump said in a statement that the kingdom is a “steadfast partner” that has agreed to invest “a record amount of money” in the US. Trump acknowledged Crown Prince Mohammed bin […]
Turkey says it has shared recordings related to the murder of the journalist and writer Jamal Khashoggi with the US, Saudi Arabia, the UK and others. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan repeated his assertion that Saudi Arabia knew who had killed Khashoggi. “We gave the recordings, we gave them to […]
A top Turkish official,Yasin Aktay has said he believes Jamal Khashoggi’s body was dissolved in acid after being cut up. The “only logical conclusion”, he said, was that those who had killed the Saudi journalist in Istanbul had destroyed his body “to leave no trace behind”. Khashoggi, a critic of […]
Turkey has given its first official statement on how it believes Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed, saying he was immediately strangled. The statement follows weeks of media reports about the murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2nd. Turkish Chief prosecutor Irfan Fidan said a meeting with […]
