The U.S. Department of Defense has approved over $2 billion in foreign military sales to Middle Eastern allies, including over $1 billion in arms deals with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and $1.2 billion with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The three approved deals with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia came at the country’s request, a spokesperson for the Department of State told The Epoch Times.
According to the DSCA, the sales won’t “alter the basic military balance in the region” and won’t disrupt the United States’ “defense readiness.”
On Friday, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), an agency within the Defense Department, notified Congress of the foreign military sale of “ammunition for artillery systems, machine guns, and tanks” totaling $139 million, the DSCA said in a press release….