Concerns over sale of air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia

The World

The Biden administration has approved the sale of 280 air-to-air missiles for the Saudi air force. The $650 million dollar deal was brokered during the Trump administration and stalled during President Biden’s first 10 months in office. William Hartung of the Center for International Policy tells The World’s Marco Werman that, while sales of bombs to Saudi Arabia are still on hold, the US is reluctant to block all weapons sales as leverage to encourage Riyadh to improve its human rights record or end its war with the Houthis in Yemen.

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