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Out-going US president Barack Obama, who will be leaving office in a few weeks, is said to have sold more weapons than any other American president since World War II. That is according to the American website Motherboard.
Motherboard cites from a Congressional Research Service report published in December 2016, saying that most of the arms deals totaling over $200 billion in the period from 2008 to 2015 have ended up in the Middle East with Saudi Arabia being as the top arms importer with deals worth around $94 billion.
The site continues that under Obama the overall sales, pending delivery of equipment and specialized training for troops, to the Kingdom alone has ballooned to $115 billion.
The Congressional report, Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations 2008-2015, which Motherboard also said that Qatar signed deals for more than $17 billion last year.
Qatar is one of the Arab countries participating in the coalition led by Saudi Arabia in bombing the Houthi Ansarullah movement in Yemen.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
