Turkey has arrested two intelligence operatives who confessed to spying on Arab ...
FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator holds a poster with a picture of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Turkey October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal/File Photo
One of the two men arrived in Turkey in October 2018, days after Khashoggi was murdered inside Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, the official said, adding the other arrived to help his colleague with the workload. “It is possible that there was an attempt to collect information about Arabs, including political dissidents, living in Turkey.”
The official, who requested anonymity, said statements by the detained men suggested their intelligence operation targeted political exiles and students.
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