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FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2011 file photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks on his cellphone at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Khashoggi was a Saudi insider. He rubbed shoulders with the Saudi royal family and supported its efforts to nudge the entrenched ultraconservative clerics to accept reforms. He was a close aide to the kingdom’s former spy chief and was a leading voice in the country’s prominent dailies. In a dramatic twist of fate, Khashoggi disappeared on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, after visiting his country’s consulate in Istanbul and may have been killed there. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Turkey seeks answers from Saudi Arabia on missing journalist

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Holding a picture of missing Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, Tawakkol Karman, of Yemen the Nobel Peace Prize laureate for 2011, talks to members of the media near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. Khashoggi, a 59-year-old veteran journalist who has lived in self-imposed exile in the U.S. since Prince Mohammed's rise to power, disappeared Oct. 2 while on a visit to the consulate to get paperwork done to be married to his Turkish fiancée. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

The Latest: Post says Turks think writer slain at consulate

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In this Jan. 29, 2011, file photo, Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks on his cellphone at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The Washington Post said Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, it was concerned for the safety of Khashoggi, a columnist for the newspaper, after he apparently went missing after going to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Jamal Khashoggi case: Turkish officials believe Saudi writer was killed: Reports

By Zeynep Bilginsoy, Sarah El Deeb and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Holding a picture of missing Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, Tawakkol Karman, of Yemen the Nobel Peace Prize laureate for 2011, talks to members of the media near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. Khashoggi, a 59-year-old veteran journalist who has lived in self-imposed exile in the U.S. since Prince Mohammed's rise to power, disappeared Oct. 2 while on a visit to the consulate to get paperwork done to be married to his Turkish fiancée. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Washington Post: Turkish officials say Saudi writer killed

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and SARAH EL DEEB and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Saudi Arabia in discussions on oil refinery in Pakistan

Associated Press

In this Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018 photo, a cargo ship is docked at the port, in Hodeida, Yemen. With US backing, the United Arab Emirates and its Yemeni allies have restarted their all-out assault on Yemen’s port city of Hodeida, aiming to wrest it from rebel hands. Victory here could be a turning point in the 3-year-old civil war, but it could also push the country into outright famine. Already, the fighting has been a catastrophe for civilians on the Red Sea coast. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Key battle in Yemen’s war risks tipping country into famine

By AHMED AL-HAJ and MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

A Turkish police officer patrols outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. A Saudi journalist who has written Washington Post columns critical of the kingdom's assertive crown prince has gone missing after visiting the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, the newspaper said Wednesday, raising concerns over his safety. Khashoggi, 59, is a longtime Saudi journalist, foreign correspondent, editor and columnist whose work has been controversial in the past in the ultraconservative Sunni kingdom. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Saudis insist missing Post contributor left Turkey consulate

By JON GAMBRELL and AYSE WIETING - Associated Press

In this Jan. 29, 2011, file photo, Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks on his cellphone at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The Washington Post said Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, it was concerned for the safety of Khashoggi, a columnist for the newspaper, after he apparently went missing after going to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Saudi contributor to Washington Post goes missing in Turkey

By JON GAMBRELL and AYSE WIETING - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Fars News Agency, a woman takes her children to shelter as an army member tries to help them, during a shooting at a military parade marking the 38th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. Gunmen attacked the military parade, killing several and wounding others, state media said. (Fatemeh Rahimavian/Fars News Agency via AP)

Iran’s president blames US after attack on military parade

By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Showdown looms as UN rights experts in Yemen hindered

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, photo released by the state-run Saudi Press Agency, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, center, visits the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Khan, a former cricketer, is on a tour of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as part of his first overseas trip since taking office. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

Pakistan’s new PM, Imran Khan, visits Saudi Arabia, UAE

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Alister Shepherd, the director of a subsidiary of the cybersecurity firm FireEye, gestures during a presentation about the APT33 hacking group, which his firm suspects are Iranian government-aligned hackers, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. FireEye warned Tuesday that Iranian government-aligned hackers have stepped up their efforts in the wake of President Donald Trump pulling America from the nuclear deal. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Cybersecurity firm: More Iran hacks as US sanctions loomed

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this Jan. 22, 2014, file photo, a partially constructed gas refinery at the South Pars gas field is seen on the northern coast of Persian Gulf in Asalouyeh, Iran. Iran likely will further embrace Beijing as an alternative market for its crude oil and financial transactions amid uncertainty over the nuclear deal. That doesn’t mean China offers a safe haven to Iran without conditions. Analysts say Beijing will try to extract the maximum benefit, and there is growing concern that China may take advantage of Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran accuses Russia and Saudi Arabia of taking the world’s crude oil market ‘hostage’

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, file photo released by the state-run Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaks at the opening ceremony of Future Investment Initiative Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund invested over $1 billion on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, in an American electric car manufacturer just weeks after Tesla CEO Elon Musk earlier claimed the kingdom would help his own firm go private. (Saudi Press Agency via AP, File)

Saudi fund pumps $1B into Silicon Valley electric car maker

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this Aug. 13, 2018, file photo, Yemeni people carry the coffins of victims of a Saudi-led airstrike, during a funeral in Saada, Yemen. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he has told Congress the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are trying to protect civilians amid their military operations to end the civil war in Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

US says Saudi Arabia, UAE protecting civilians in Yemen war

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis, left, drinks water as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, makes his statement after the so called &quot;2+2&quot; meeting in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. Pompeo and Mattis held long-delayed talks Thursday with top Indian officials, looking to shore up the alliance with one of Washington's top regional partners. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) ** FILE **

Mattis, Pompeo ‘certify’ that UAE, Saudi Arabia trying to reduce civilian casualties in Yemen

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE- In this June 5, 2017, file photo pumpjacks work in an oil field at sunset after a thunderstorm passed through the area in Karnes City, Texas. The United States may have reclaimed the title of the world's biggest oil producer sooner than expected. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said Wednesday that America &quot;likely surpassed&quot; Russia in June and August after jumping over Saudi Arabia earlier this year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

US ‘likely’ has taken over as the world’s top oil producer

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

Saudi Arabia: Yemeni rebel missile shot down, 26 wounded

Associated Press

FILE - In this April 12, 2018 file photo, Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left and Spain's then Defense Minister Maria Dolores Cospedal shake hands after signing bi-lateral agreements in the presence of the then Prime Minister of Spain Mariano Rajoy, right, at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain. Spain has cancelled the sale of 400 laser-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia it was reported Tuesday Sept. 4, 2018, amid fears that the weapons could be used in the Riyadh-led coalition fighting the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen. The deal was originally signed in 2015 under a conservative government, but the new Spanish center-left administration plans to return the 9.2 million euros (10.6 million dollars) already paid by the Saudis. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

Spain cancels bombs sale to Saudi Arabia amid Yemen concerns

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

The public sale of the Saudi state oil company Aramco was seen as key to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's bid to consolidate his authority at home and bolster Saudi Arabia and its allies in the struggle for influence against regional archrival Iran. (Associated Press/File)

Mohammed bin Salman’s Aramco IPO cutoff signals Saudi limits on reform

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times