The United States agreed on Tuesday to sell Saudi Arabia an arms package worth nearly $142 billion, according to a White House fact sheet that called it "the largest defense cooperation agreement" Washington has ever done.

The US president says he believes the ties between the United States and Saudi Arabia are "more powerful than ever before".

The US and Saudi Arabia have finalised a $142 billion defence agreement, comprising five military modernisation areas and including over a dozen American defence contractors. It is part of a broader $600 billion investment plan,

In a landmark agreement hailed as the largest arms deal in United States history, President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have

The United States has given initial approval to sell $3.5 billion worth of air-to-air missiles for Saudi Arabia’s fighter jets, the latest proposed arms deal for the region ahead of President Donald Trump’s planned trip to the region later this month.

Donald Trump signed a multi-billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia on his first day part of a tour of the Middle East. The deal, signed on Tuesday afternoon, was hailed the "largest defence sales agreement in history" by the White House.