MBS’s visit to Turkey aims to put to rest murder of Khashoggi
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The Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is due to visit Turkey for the first time since the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul. Relations between the two countries, already frayed before the killing, were broken after the journalist’s assassination. Khashoggi’s killing at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul four years ago grabbed headlines worldwide, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying that the “highest levels” of the Saudi government ordered the killing. However, a recent thawing of ties between Turkey and some Gulf states, along with regional and financial challenges, have led Ankara and Riyadh to repair their relationship. Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar reports from Ankara, […]