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Treasury announces sanctions on Saudi officials following Khashoggi report Tal Axelrod © Getty Images Treasury announces sanctions on Saudi officials following Khashoggi report The Treasury Department on Friday rolled out new sanctions against Saudi officials after a government report was released detailing their involvement in the killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The sanctions target Ahmad Hassan Mohammed al Asiri, Saudi Arabia s former deputy head of the General Intelligence Presidency and Saudi Arabia s Rapid Intervention Force (RIF) over their roles in Khashoggi s killing in Istanbul in 2018. The Treasury Department said al Asiri was the ringleader of the assassination and coordinated the killing with Riyadh, and several members of the hit squad that murdered Khashoggi were members of the RIF.

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