The arms were transferred in past month after Saudi military sought new supply to repel drone, missile attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels


The Biden administration has transferred a significant number of Patriot antimissile interceptors to Saudi Arabia within the past month, fulfilling Riyadh’s urgent request for a resupply amid sharp tensions in the relationship, senior U.S. officials said.

The transfers sought to ensure that Saudi Arabia is adequately supplied with the defensive munitions it needs to fend off drone and missile attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen, one of the officials said.

The Saudi military had been appealing to the U.S. since late last year for more Patriot interceptors-—missiles used to shoot down airborne weapons—warning that their supply was running dangerously low.

U.S.-Saudi relations have deteriorated since Mr. Biden took office over issues such as a White House decision to remove the Houthis from a list of designated terrorist groups, as well as Mr. Biden’s dealings with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the country’s de facto leader.

The longstanding Saudi request for more interceptors had been a point of contention between Washington and Riyadh, feeding Saudi officials’ displeasure over what they contend was a lack of U.S. support for their intervention in the Yemen civil war.

U.S. officials said the decision to send the interceptors had taken months because of the high demand for the weapons by other U.S. allies and the need to go through normal vetting—not because the White House was deliberately delaying the resupply.

The interceptors and other munitions sent to Saudi Arabia were taken from U.S. stockpiles elsewhere in the Middle East, one of the officials said.

The decision to go ahead with the arms transfer was part of an effort by the Biden administration to rebuild its relationship with Riyadh. Among other things, the U.S. hopes Saudi Arabia will pump more oil to mitigate soaring crude prices, officials said. But providing Patriot interceptors hasn’t resolved all the strains in the relationship.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-sends-patriot-missiles-to-saudi-arabia-filling-an-urgent-request-11647822871?mod=djemalertNEWS

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blamingthedevil:

The decision to go ahead with the arms transfer was part of an effort by the Biden administration to rebuild its relationship with Riyadh. Among other things, the U.S. hopes Saudi Arabia will pump more oil to mitigate soaring crude prices, officials said. But providing Patriot interceptors hasn’t resolved all the strains in the relationship.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-sends-patriot-missiles-to-saudi-arabia-filling-an-urgent-request-11647822871?mod=djemalertNEWS

I thought Biden refused to send the patriot to them before

I love the Saudi Crown Prince, the guy no send USA or Biden at all.

Biden called him on phone, he wants to beg him to increase Saudi Oil production, the guy no pick call at all

Everyone needs US help...

Behold war is coming... I pray for peace

blamingthedevil:
Everyone needs US help...

US is centre of international trade.

Is this patriot really working? Saudi got bombed 3 times within 48 hours. And also this.

With time and effort from Biden tension's gonna subside.Trust America, they know how to turn an enemy into an ally.

On top Patriots, THAAD, Aegis ashore, rag tag Houthis still dey serve dem hot hot. Over rated piece of junk...

Quelme:
On top Patriots, THAAD, Aegis ashore, rag tag Houthis still dey serve dem hot hot. Over rated piece of junk...

They bombed them 3 times within 48 hours.

BIDEN just dey beg up and down like almajiri

The actions of the US just shows they should never be trusted. Your ally has been asking for something since but you refused to do it. Now that you have a problem with Russia and you have seen that your ally is already looking in another direction, you are now running back to them to do what you didn't do for so long.

The US is desperate.

That is why it is good for a country to be relevant.