Turkish police search Saudi consul's residence
Turkish investigators have entered the residence of the Saudi consul in Istanbul to gather more evidence about the disappearance of Saudi journalist.
Iran Press/Asia: As Saudi Arabia’s green national flag flapped overhead, forensics teams entered the residence, only 2 kilometers from the consulate where Jamal Khashoggi vanished October 2 while trying to pick up paperwork to get married.
It was the second-such extraordinary search of a site considered under international law to be sovereign Saudi territory after investigators spent hours in the consulate earlier this week, Reuters reported.
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The searches and the leaks in Turkish media have ensured the world’s attention remains focused on what happened to Khashoggi, who went into a self-imposed exile in the U.S. over the rise of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Flying back home after a visit to both Saudi Arabia and Turkey, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo remained positive about an ongoing Saudi probe into Khashoggi’s disappearance, but he stressed that answers are needed.
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This is while, on Monday, US President Donald Trump co-signed Saudi Arabia’s Khashoggi cover-up, saying 'Rogue killers' might have killed Saudi journalist.
“I just spoke with the king of Saudi Arabia, who denies any knowledge of what took place. The king firmly denied any knowledge of it,” Trump said.
“I don't want to get into his mind, but it sounded to me like maybe these could have been rogue killers,” he added.
Turkish diplomatic sources said on Monday that a joint Turkish-Saudi team was put together to search for Khashoggi after his disappearance.
Many political commentators have noticed that both Donald Trump and senior Saudi officials seem to be acknowledging that journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead. Trump's rogue killer theory seems to move away from disappearance and acknowledge that Khashoggi has probably been killed.
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to obtain a document certifying he divorced his ex-wife so he could remarry. He has not been seen since.
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