The US State Department is monitoring and seeking information on the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a US official said on Wednesday, a day after his fiancee reported he had failed to emerge from a meeting at the Saudi mission in Istanbul.
“We are closely following reports of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance and continue to seek information,” a State Department official said.
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![Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Oslo25 Conference in London, on 29 September, 2018 [Jehan Alfarra/Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/d2.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/104A6826-e1538667201119.jpg?fit=920%2C613&ssl=1)