US arms sales to Saudi Arabia top $115 bln: report

US President Barack Obama’s administration has offered over $115 billion in weapons, military equipment and training to Saudi Arabia since 2009, according to a recent report by the Washington, DC-based Center for International Policy.

The figure tops that of any other US administration in the 71-year alliance between the two countries, the report said, adding that the offers were made in 42 separate deals, with the majority of the equipment has yet to be delivered.

US arms sales to Saudi Arabia since January 2009 – when Obama took office – have included everything from small arms and ammunition to tanks, attack helicopters, air-to-ground missiles, missile defense ships, and warships. Washington also provides maintenance and training services to the Saudi military, the report said.

The US has come under fire recently for supplying weapons to Saudi Arabia, in light of the ongoing war in Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition is fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

The conflict’s death toll has crossed 10,000 people so far. Last month, the United Nations human rights office said that 3,799 civilians have been killed in the conflict, with an estimated 60 percent of the deaths caused by coalition air strikes.

Meanwhile, the coalition denies targeting civilians and accuses the rebels of placing military targets in civilian areas.

Despite the outcry from rights groups, the Obama administration approved a potential $1.15 billion arms package for Saudi Arabia in August.