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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Maya Gebeily

U.S.-Saudi ties under review despite Khashoggi immunity ruling, Blinken says

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani hold a news conference in Doha, Qatar, November 22, 2022. REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari

The U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia is still under review despite a Biden administration ruling that the Saudi crown prince has immunity from a lawsuit over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday.

Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist then living in the United States, was killed and dismembered in 2018 by Saudi agents in the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul, in an operation U.S. intelligence believes was ordered by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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