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US ends ban on offensive arms sale to Riyadh, eyeing Saudi help on Gaza and Iran
The United States confirmed Monday it would resume sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, as concerns over human rights in the kingdom’s Yemen war give way to US hopes that Riyadh will help resolve the conflict in Gaza, and again assist in repelling an Iranian attack on Israel.
More than three years after imposing limits on human rights grounds over Saudi strikes in Yemen, the US State Department said it would return to weapons sales “in regular order, with appropriate congressional notification and consultation.”
“Saudi Arabia has remained a close strategic partner of the United States, and we look forward to enhancing that partnership,” State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters.
