Saudis accused of killing Khashoggi got military training in US: NYT

There is no evidence to suggest that the American officials who approved the training knew that Saudis were involved in the crackdown of dissent in the kingdom.

Four Saudi operatives involved in the killing of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, had received paramilitary training in the United States in the previous year under a contract approved by the State Department, the New York Times reported.

The training was provided by a security company named Tier 1 Group based in Arkansas and owned by the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management. The training was defensive in nature and devised to protect Saudi leaders, said NYT on Wednesday.

There is no evidence to suggest that the American officials who approved the training or Tier 1 executives