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US approves $8.6bn in arms sales to Middle East allies
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- US State Department cites emergency circumstances to fast-track sales without the approval of Congress.
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- The sales come after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio cited emergency circumstances to fast-track the transfers without prior review by the US Congress.
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US State Department cites emergency circumstances to fast-track sales without the approval of Congress.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A man walks past a PAC-3 Patriot missile unit deployed for North Korea's rocket launch at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo on January 31, 2016 [Shizuo Kambayashi/AP]By Zsombor Peter Published On 3 May 20263 May 2026The United States has approved $8.6bn in arms sales to Middle Eastern allies amid the US-Israel war on Iran.
The sales come after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio cited emergency circumstances to fast-track the transfers without prior review by the US Congress.
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