On Monday, Turkey prepared a new indictment against six Saudi citizens, including two consular workers, in connection with his killing. DAWN was registered in the United States in early 2018 but failed to take off before Khashoggi was killed. One goal is to counter the idea that the United States is a benevolent actor in the Middle East. It has an initial staff of 10 people and is funded by “people in the United States who were friends with Jamal,” Whitson said. Underlying American ties with Saudi Arabia and other Arab states are security, military and economic cooperation, which often overshadows concerns about Arab countries’ human rights records or their leaders’ means of staying in power.

Source: bd News24 September 29, 2020 08:15 UTC