US approves sale of armored vehicles to KSA

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

• The United States has approved the potential sale of a huge amount of armored vehicles and other military equipment, worth 1.15 billion dollars to Saudi Arabia. The US state department’s approval for the equipment comes at a time when Riyadh is conducting deadly airstrikes against its southern neighbor Yemen.
• In the latest wave of Saudi airstrikes on Yemen, the Kingdom’s warplanes have carried out 3 air raids on Yemen’s Hudaydah province. No casualties have been reported so far. Separately, Saudi airstrikes in four other Yemeni provinces claimed the lives of at least 35 people on Tuesday.
• Iran has strongly condemned Saudi Arabia’s deadly airstrikes on Yemen’s residential areas. Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has called on the United Nations and countries providing Riyadh with weapons to adopt swift actions to end the Saudi attacks.
• The Syrian government forces and their allies have inflicted heavy losses on foreign-backed militants in the city of Aleppo where the United Nations has warned of a serious situation. The Syrian army backed by the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has advanced on the flashpoint city.
• Israel has destroyed five Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank, leaving 27 civilians homeless, more than half of them children. Israeli bulldozers demolished the pre-fabricated shelters in the village of Umm al-Khayr. Israeli forces forcibly evacuated local residents trying to stop the demolitions.
• Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump has slammed Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s stance on taxes, Supreme Court judges and the Second Amendment's right to bear arms. The GOP candidate implicitly encouraged gun advocates to attack the former first lady. Clinton's campaign reacted instantly, condemning Trump for trying to provoke violence.
• Kurdish militants have killed two Turkish soldiers in the country’s conflict-ridden southeast. Two other Turkish forces have also been wounded during the firefight on Tuesday. Members of the Kurdistan Workers Party or the PKK opened fire on the soldiers near the town of Kulp in Diyarbakir province.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin says it is possible to resolve differences between Russia and Turkey over the war in Syria. Speaking at a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart, Putin has also said that restoring trade ties with Turkey will take time and work.

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