Saudi Crown Prince Saud al-Qahtani is not being tried by Saudi authorities for those involved in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at his consulate in Istanbul, a Reuters investigation revealed.

The investigation, quoting sources inside Saudi Arabia, said 11 suspects were being investigated in secret sessions, none of them al-Qahtani.

The investigation, quoting seven sources close to the source, confirmed that al-Qahtani had not appeared at any of the four sessions held since January, although the Saudi Attorney General's statement had revealed his role in the meeting with the members of the assassination team before traveling and contacting them before and during the operation. .

Last November, the prosecutor charged 11 suspects in the unnamed Khashoggi assassination and demanded that five of them be sentenced to death for ordering and carrying out the murder.

Al-Qahtani, who served as an adviser to the Saudi crown prince, was sacked after details of the assassination were revealed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on him for his involvement in the assassination.

Two intelligence sources in the region told Reuters news agency weeks after the crime that al-Qahtani supervised Khashoggi's killing and dismemberment by issuing orders through Skype to a team of members of the security and intelligence services.