US Sen. Chris Murphy said the US should halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia. In a series of tweets Thursday, Murphy, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he supported halting US arms exports to Saudi Arabia, and two further measures, in response to the recent decision by Saudi Arabia. Second, he said, US Patriot missile defense systems in Saudi Arabia should be removed and sent to Ukraine. "If Saudi Arabia isn't willing to take the side of Ukraine and U.S. over Russia, why should we keep these Patriots in Saudi Arabia when Ukraine and our NATO allies need them?" Saudi Arabia imports most of its weapons from the US, a relationship underpinning the geopolitical status quo in the region.

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