US military sale to Saudi Arabia moves ahead

Some members of Congress have grown critical of US support to the Saudi government, some of it revolving around Saudi Arabia's involvement in the Yemeni civil war.
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This picture taken on Nov. 5, 2019, during the the International Maritime Exercise in the Gulf waters off Bahrain shows a close-up of a uniform of a member of the Royal Saudi Naval Force's "Thunderbolt" special forces. - KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images
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Al-Monitor Staff

The US government approved a new possible sale of military-related maintenance services to Saudi Arabia on Thursday.

Saudi Arabia requested to buy roughly $500 million in maintenance and support services for the Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command’s helicopter fleet. The purchase would include component repairs, installation of engineering change proposals, aircraft simulator logistics, training and more, according to a State Department statement.

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