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SAUDI ARABIA UNITED STATES Issue dated 24/10/2018

After Khashoggi affair, Washington seeks to lay down law

The Khashoggi affair rebuffs the diplomatic relations between Washington and Riyadh. ©Reuters

Riyadh's commercial partners are hoping to seize on the Khashoggi affair to obtain concessions from the weakened kingdom. [...]

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