Who is the man who directed the murder of the journalist in the Arab consulate?

He runs social media for the Saudi Arabia crown prince, has led the arrest of hundreds of people of his country's elite and, according to two sources of intelligence, he led the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, providing orders via Skype. Saud al-Qathani, a senior assistant to Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, is one of the fired boys, while Riyadh tries to curb international anger in Khashogg's death. On Saturday, Saudi state media said King Salman had fired Qahtan and four other officials regarding the murder committed by a team of 15 people.

But the Qahtan's influence on accompanying the crown prince has been so extensive over the past three years, that it will be difficult for Saudi “officials to locate” Qathani as the mastermind of the assassination without raising questions about the involvement of Prince Mohammed.

This episode will not bring down Muhammad bin Salman, but it has hit his image hard, which, if ever, will take a long time. The king defends Qahtan”, said one of the sources associated with the royal court.

Do you think I make decisions without instructions? I am an employee and a faithful executioner of the orders of my lord, king, and my lord, crown prince”, has said Qahtan last summer in a statement, adding to the belief that the murder of Khahogg has been promoted by the prince of the Crown.

Qahtan did not answer Reuters journalists' questions about the event, while his Twitter background was changed in recent days by royal adviser to the head of the Saudi Federation for Security in Kibernetic, Programme and Drone, a role he had previously held.

“Prince Mohammed was unaware of the operation that led to Khasoggi's death and “probably did not order a kidnapping or murder of anyone, an Arab official said on Saturday, while others did not prefer to make further comments.

A senior Saudi official told Reuters that the killers had tried to cover up what happened, claiming the truth was only now in progress. Turks object to that version of the story, saying they have audio recordings of what happened.

The Kingdom has survived other crises during the past year, including the fall and short kidnapping of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Harir's crown prince in 2017. Harry was also ashamed and beaten, while the man who led this operation was Saud al-Qathani.

France intervened to free Hariri, but Western capitals held Riyadh accountable for arresting a head of government, and Prince Mohammed appeared encouraged after the event.

Which time Germany has announced it will stop selling weapons, while Britain, France and Germany issued a joint statement calling for an urgent “crelation ... to exactly what happened on October 2,”.

President Donald Trump has entered the middle saying he is unhappy with the Saudi investigation, but also that he does not want to jeopardise the sale of US weapons in Arabia. /Top Channel