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US signs $3.5 arms deal with UAE

Al Manar

The United States signed a deal to sell $3.48 billion worth of missiles and related technology to the United Arab Emirates.

Pentagon spokesman George Little announced the deal Friday night, indicating that “the US and UAE have a strong defense relationship and are both interested in a secure and stable Gulf.”

The United States had signed Thursday a $30 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia.

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