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US arms sales to Middle Eastern countries

Tuesday, 13 March 2018 1:23 AM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 13 March 2018 1:26 AM ]

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) said in a report on Monday that nearly half of U.S. arms exports over the past five years have gone to the war-stricken Middle East, with Saudi Arabia consolidating its place as the world’s second-biggest importer.

In this edition of The Debate, Press TV has conducted an interview with Jim W. Dean, themanaging editor and columnist at Veterans Today from Atlanta, and Michael Lane, the founder of American Institute for Foreign Policy from Washington, to discuss the significant growth in the US arms sales to the Middle Eastern countries.

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