US Unblocking Offensive Arms Transfers to Saudi Arabia After 3 Years

President Joe Biden suspended U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s offensive actions in Yemen days after taking office, citing humanitarian concerns there.

A Royal Saudi Air Force F-15SA, assigned to the Royal Saudi Air Force Weapons School, lands in preparation of Red Flag-Nellis 22-2 at Nellis Air Force Base, near Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 1, 2022. U.S. Air Force photo by William R. Lewis/Public Domain

The Biden administration has lifted a ban on transfers of some air-to-ground munitions to Saudi Arabia, reversing a policy it put in place at the start of his presidency.

“We will consider new transfers on a typical case-by-case basis consistent with the Conventional Arms Transfer Policy,” a U.S. State Department spokesperson said in an emailed statement to The Epoch Times.