Republican and Democratic US senators on Thursday introduced a bill seeking to strike back at Saudi Arabia over the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a consulate in Turkey as well as for its role in Yemen’s devastating civil war, Reuters reported.
If it were to become law, the bill would suspend weapon sales to Saudi Arabia and prohibit US refueling of Saudi coalition aircraft for Riyadh’s campaign in Yemen against the Iranian-backed Shiite Houthi rebels, the lawmakers said.
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