Jamal Khashoggi: Turkey said the Saudis did not cooperate with the investigations.

The Turkish prosecutor said that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled shortly after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The Istanbul prosecutor's office also confirmed reports that Khashoggi was dismembered and that his body parts were "eliminated", according to the official Turkish news agency. This article will be updated.

ISTANBUL – The Saudi prosecutor has not disclosed to his Turkish counterparts the location of the body of the murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, nor the identity of a "local collaborator" who, according to the Saudi authorities, has helped to eliminate the remains of Khashoggi, said Wednesday a senior Turkish official.

Since Saudi prosecutor Saoud al-Mojeb arrived in Turkey on Monday, "Saudi officials seemed to want to know first and foremost what evidence the Turkish authorities had against the perpetrators" during Khashoggi's assassination, the official said. # 39; anonymity to discuss the maintenance of private order Contacts.

"We did not get the impression that they really wanted to cooperate with the investigation," he said of the Saudi delegation.

Mojeb's visit took place just days after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hailed the "one-off" cooperation between Turkey and Saudi Arabia in the framework of the investigation. assassination of Khashoggi, who was last seen in the consulate in Istanbul on 2 October.

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Turkey said that members of a 15-member team, sent from Saudi Arabia, had killed Khashoggi inside the consulate. Turkish investigators have not made public key evidence of the case – an audio recording of what happened inside.

Saudi Arabia has provided shifting explanations about what happened to Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor who had written opinion columns criticizing Mohammed. The Saudi authorities acknowledged that Khashoggi had been killed at the consulate, but blamed the killing on agents acting outside the state's authority.

Turkish officials, including President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, have repeatedly complained that Saudi Arabia is obstructing the investigation by refusing to provide crucial information, including the location of Khashoggi's body. Turkey has also requested the extradition of 18 suspects who, according to the Saudi government, were reportedly arrested in Saudi Arabia as part of the case.

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said the suspects would be tried by national courts.

Turkish media reported Wednesday afternoon that Mojeb had left for the Istanbul airport, after two days of meetings and a midnight visit to a branch of the National Intelligence Agency. .

This assassination sparked a storm of criticism, forcing Germany to suspend export licenses to the kingdom and place President Trump in a dilemma. Saudi Arabia is one of the major buyers of US arms, at the heart of the Middle East's foreign policy.

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Trump said he was "not happy" with Saudi explanations about Khashoggi's death. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warned that the crisis could affect regional stability. However, there is little indication that Khashoggi's death will fundamentally alter relations between the two nations.

On Wednesday, a group of Republican senators called on Trump to suspend negotiations for a civil nuclear agreement between the United States and Saudi Arabia. They cited the aftermath of Khashoggi's death, as well as Riyadh's policies towards Lebanon and Yemen, as "grave concerns about the transparency, accountability and judgment of current decision-makers".

As Saudi Arabia's de facto leader, Muhammad initiated social reforms alongside a fierce crackdown on dissidents. Abroad, he is the architect of a deadly and bloody military campaign in Yemen, and he was accused last year of pressuring the Lebanese Prime Minister. Saad Hariri for that he resigns of short duration.