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Despite Saudi airstrikes have killed many civilians, Senate votes to support Trump’s weapons sale to Saudi Arabia

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Despite Saudi airstrikes have killed many civilians, Senate voted to support Trump’s weapons sale to Saudi Arabia.

Meanwhile ,A bipartisan effort to block the sale of US precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia in the US Senate has failed by a vote of 47-53. Critics of the sale argued the missiles would be used in Yemen, where Saudi airstrikes have killed many civilians.

The effort to block the sale was led by senators Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) and Al Franken (D-Minnesota). The $510 million deal is part of a much larger weapons package arranged by US President Donald Trump during his visit to Saudi Arabia last month.

A bipartisan effort to block the sale of US precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia in the US Senate has failed by a vote of 47-53. Critics of the sale argued the missiles would be used in Yemen, where Saudi airstrikes have killed many civilians.

The effort to block the sale was led by senators Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) and Al Franken (D-Minnesota). The $510 million deal is part of a much larger weapons package arranged by US President Donald Trump during his visit to Saudi Arabia last month.

Paul and Murphy likewise partnered up in 2016 to block a $1.15 billion weapons deal the Obama administration had arranged with Saudi Arabia, but lost the vote 27-71.

Saudi Arabia began bombing Yemen in March 2015 and eventually deployed ground troops as well to control on Yemen.

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