ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey took its pursuit of the killers of Jamal Khashoggi a step further Wednesday when an Istanbul court issued arrest warrants for two close associates of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, saying there was “strong suspicion” the men planned the murder of the Washington Post contributor.
The warrants are for Maj. Gen. Ahmed al-Assiri, whom the crown prince had promoted to deputy chief of Saudi intelligence, and Saud al-Qahtani, a senior aide who once described himself as the “faithful executor” of the crown prince’s orders. Both were fired in October when, after 18 days of denial, the Riyadh government admitted Khashoggi had been killed during his visit to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
