Via Humeyra Pamuk, Patricia Zengerle and Steve Holland in reuters.com: The Biden administration has decided to lift a ban on U.S. sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, the State Department said on Friday, reversing a three-year-old policy to pressure the kingdom to wind down the Yemen war. The State Department was lifting its suspension on certain transfers of air-to-ground munitions to Saudi Arabia, a senior department official confirmed. We will consider new transfers on a typical case-by-case basis consistent with the Conventional Arms Transfer Policy, the official said.
