US, intelligence report: Prince bin Salman involved in Khashoggi's killing

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February 25, 2021 Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, "approved" the October 2018 murder of Saudi journalist

, which took place in his country's consulate in Istanbul.

These are the conclusions of the US intelligence report that will be released in the next few hours by the Biden administration, as reported by three American officials aware of the dossier cited by the website of the 'Nbc' broadcaster.

The intelligence assessment, based largely on the work of the CIA, is not new.

But the declassification of the report, according to the broadcaster, will mark "a significant new chapter" in relations between the US and Saudi Arabia and a clear break by Biden with the policy of his predecessor Donald Trump, who has "spoken ambiguously" the role of the Saudi state in the murder of the Washington Post reporter.

White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said during a briefing that the report will come out "soon", confirming that the US president will have an interview with 

.

President

call the king of Saudi Arabia in view of the release of the report and confirmed that he has "already seen" the intelligence content.

The publication of the report is part of the policy of the new American administration to "recalibrate" relations with Riyadh, repeatedly stressed in recent weeks by the White House first with the suspension of support for the war in

, then with the decision to speak with "its own" Saudi counterpart ", King Salman.

Saudi journalist Khashoggi, 59, was killed in the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018. His body, torn to pieces, was never found.

Prince bin Salman denied any involvement, but agreed to take responsibility for the murder as the leader of the kingdom.

In conjunction with the US administration's decision to lift the veil on the journalist's murder,

Bryan Fogel's

film '

', the documentary that traces the events that led to the brutal murder two years ago

, is released exclusively on MioCinema

of the Washington Post reporter, in particular by analyzing the direct involvement of Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Funded by the

, 'The Dissident' presents a detailed investigation into the faults of the Saudi regime and which brings the human, as well as political, story of Khashoggi to the big screen.

A sensitive issue due to the many economic and political interests at stake.

The documentary was not broadcast by any of the major streaming platforms