The Biden administration told the US Congress about the arms sales to Saudi this week. Arms sales may begin next week.
A US State Department official said the ban on the sale of some air-to-ground munitions to Saudi Arabia is being lifted. These ammunitions will be handed over to the Saudis step by step in light of the conventional arms transfer policy.
The Biden administration told the US Congress about the arms sales to Saudi this week. Arms sales may begin next week. The US administration has started official work on the sale on Friday afternoon.
In 2015, a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia launched an attack on neighboring Yemen. In this, the Saudi coalition used US weapons and ammunition. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed in this war with the Houthis. The US administration is under pressure.
In this situation, President Joe Biden became strict about arms sales to Saudi Arabia in 2021 after coming to power. In between, the Saudis and the Houthis entered into a UN-brokered ceasefire agreement from March 2022. After that, Saudi Arabia did not attack Yemen. On the other hand, Houthi attacks in Saudi also decreased significantly.
In this situation, after the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, the United States began to rethink the sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia. As a result, the United States is starting to sell offensive ammunition to the country.
