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Saudi creates new organisations to improve intel ops in wake of Khashoggi murder

Ersin Çelik
08:5621/12/2018, Friday
U: 21/12/2018, Friday
REUTERS
People protest against the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy in London, Britain, October 26 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
People protest against the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy in London, Britain, October 26 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

Saudi Arabia announced on Thursday the creation of three new government bodies aimed at improving the kingdom's intelligence operations in the wake of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The new organisations are meant to ensure that intelligence operations align with Riyadh's national security policy, international law and human rights treaties, state news agency SPA reported.

#Saudi Arabia
#Jamal Khashoggi
#Turkey
#Mohammed bin Salman

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