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A US military MQ-9B Reaper drone at a US Army testing site, Yuma, Arizona, November 7, 2019. (US Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Colton Brownlee)
The White House notified Congress on Friday of potential weapons sales to Morocco worth $1 billion, a day after announcing the Trump-brokered normalization agreement between Jerusalem and Rabat.
The deal includes four MQ-9B SeaGuardian drones and precision-guided munitions, the Reuters news agency reported, citing “sources familiar with the notification.”
The weapons sale can be blocked by Congress, but lawmakers are not expected to prevent the deal from going through, two sources said.
On Thursday, Reuters said the US was on the verge of reaching an agreement with Morocco on the drone sale. Three sources with knowledge of the negotiations did not indicate whether the sale was directly tied to the normalization announcement.