The United States has cleared a nearly $1 billion arms sale to Nigeria, after legislators blocked the agreement amid worries about probable Nigerian government human rights violations. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee placed a moratorium on the sale of 12 Bell AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters in July. The State … Read more
PARIS: A 17-billion-euro ($19.23 billion) French arms deal with the United Arab Emirates will secure the industrial supply chain for France’s Rafale warplane for the next decade and directly support 7,000 domestic jobs, Reuters quoted a French defence ministry official, as saying. The deal, sealed on Friday, includes the largest ever overseas sale of the French warplane. … Read more
Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has introduced a resolution in the US Senate to stop the sale of arms worth $735 million to Israel. According to the details, Bernie Sanders is an independent member and votes with the Democrats. The senator said that at a time when US-made bombs are wreaking havoc in Gaza and … Read more
The administration of US President Joe Biden has approved the sale of guided weapons worth $750 million to Israel. A US congressional source told the international Arabic news channel Al Arabiya that lawmakers had been notified of the deal in early May. A week later, armed clashes broke out between the Israeli army and Hamas … Read more
The Biden administration has temporarily frozen billions of dollars in arms deals in the last days of Trump. The State Department says the purpose is to provide an opportunity to review the deal. The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it was temporarily suspending billions of dollars in arms deals with the United Arab Emirates … Read more
The newly elected Biden administration has paused the arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. According to the reports, the paused arms sales also includes major deal involving F-35 fighter jets for the United Arab Emirates. The arms sale for the UAE came after it signed an agreement to normalize relations with … Read more
The United States of America US in a major move on the sale of defense equipment notified Congress of proposed UAE Arms purchases of F-35 fighter aircraft, MQ-9B UAS, and munitions worth $23.37 billion to deter and defend against increased threats. According to the details, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed Tuesday that the US planned … Read more
