WikiLeaks publishes 70,000 Saudi Arabia government documents

Whistleblower site WikiLeaks has begun releasing tens of thousands of documents obtained from Saudi Arabia. The documents describe communications between diplomats from Saudi Arabia and other countries, as well as internal affairs.

A total of 70,000 confidential documents will be made available, most of which are already online. According to WikiLeaks, this is a first release and more documents will be added later. Most of the uploaded material is in Arabic and comes from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hackers from Yemen are said to be responsible for the theft of the documents.

Although many internal matters are discussed in the communication between diplomats, it also contains many treatises with foreign countries, including with the Americans. For example, passport data of American officials and diplomats, including Hillary Clinton, could be found, Buzzfeed reports. More details about the contents of the declassified documents are likely to be announced in the coming days to weeks.

WikiLeaks gained a lot of fame when it published US government documents a few years ago. Fearing a possible extradition, WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange fled to the Ecuadorian embassy in the United Kingdom. He has been there for three years since this week.