The de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, Prince Mohamed, ordered the liquidation of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to US intelligence. The decryption of a previous report indicates that President Joe Biden is making relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia dependent on the human rights situation in the kingdom.

In fact, there is nothing new in the report, about the October 2018 assassination, indirectly, by US intelligence, the CIA previously reported that the heir to the throne Mohamed may have ordered the murder of a journalist Saudi who lives in the US, Jamal Khashoggi. , if you are not convinced to return home. However, former US President Donald Trump, in violation of a 2019 law, refused to reveal the encrypted document.

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“We believe that Crown Prince Mohamed has approved of Khashoggi’s assassination at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul,” said the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), which oversees the CIA. The journalist went to the consulate for the documents necessary for his marriage, where, however, a Saudi command was already waiting for him. However, relying primarily on Turkish sources, it turned out that the Washington Post columnist had been strangled and then dismembered, and his earthly remains have not been found to this day.

In publishing the CIA resolution, Biden indicated that killing political opponents is unacceptable to the United States. In an interview on Friday, the president also said that he had made clear in his phone conversation with King Salman that the monarchy must address human rights abuses, which is a prerequisite for good relations with the United States.

Along with the announcement, Washington imposed sanctions on several Saudis involved in carrying out and planning the assassination, such as a visa ban and a claims freeze. However, Prince Mohamed, son of the ailing King Salman, escaped American punishment. US officials have indicated that they are also considering freezing certain arms sales in Washington.

Relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia have probably reached a turning point, the future will be affected not only by the role of Prince Mohamed, but also by the war in Yemen. Biden also recently announced that the United States will withdraw its support for the kingdom in Yemen’s civil war, in which the Saudis are accused of committing war crimes.



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