As part of the efforts to increase the international visibility of the struggle for independence, Khatib helped in securing the transfer of media reporters from the Tunisian border to the combat units of the interior.

In particular he worked with BBC reporter and Oxford scholar Nevill Barbour,[5] with Stevan Labudovic[6] from the Yugoslav media agency Filmske Novosti, with German war photographer Dirk Alvermann[7] and with Italian journalist from the Europeo Magazine, Nino Pulejo.

During the remaining years of war he led, together with other fellow officers such as Abdelkader Chabou and Slimane Hoffman, the efforts to professionalize the Liberation Army and to strengthen the support bases required to maintain the struggle for independence.

Djelloul Khatib set up the Comedor,[14] a think tank in charge of developing the urban planning of the capital city of Algiers and to which contributed world renowned architects such as Oscar Niemeyer.

Khatib also organized the transfer back to the homeland of the ashes of the Emir Abdelkader, an early leader against France colonial invasion in the mid-19th century who died in exile in Damascus.

[15] The meeting with the latter helped prepare the ground for a longstanding partnership between the United States and Algeria in the Hydrocarbons sector.As head of the Comedor, Khatib worked intensely with Oscar Niemeyer.

As a mark of gratitude for strengthening the ties between Argentina and Algeria, President Raul Alfonsin, awarded him with the "es:Orden del Libertador San Martín".