The United States plans a series of arms deals worth at least 20 billion dollars (14.6 billion euros) with Saudi Arabia and five other oil-rich Persian Gulf states, The Washington Post reported Saturday.
The plan also includes new 10-year military aid packages to Israel and Egypt, said the Post, citing unnamed US officials.
The deals are aimed at shoring up US allies in the Middle East and countering "a more aggressive Iran", as one administration official put it.
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