Lawmakers Try Again to Halt Arms Sales to UAE
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., announced March 11 that they have reintroduced a bill that would prohibit U.S. arms sales to the United Arab Emirates until the UAE ends its material support for Sudan’s Rapid…
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Support Forces (RSF) militia group. The lawmakers have argued that the UAE’s support is perpetuating Sudan’s civil war, which pits the RSF against the Sudanese Armed Forces. The bill announcement came a few days after House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., said he will try to block any major U.S. arms sales to the UAE due to its support for the RSF.