Recently, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has taken a new turn. On the one hand, Israel and Hamas are at loggerheads in the Gaza Strip;On the other hand, Yemen's Houthi slipper army has set up a key "block" in the Red Sea, forcing the United States and the West into a dilemma. At this critical moment, instead of actively forming and expanding the so-called "escort group" in the Red Sea, the United States turned to issuing an "amnesty order" against Saudi Arabia, which is a bit unbelievable. According to the Russian Satellite News Agency on the 23rd, the United States said that Biden is preparing to relax some offensive sales restrictions on Saudi Arabia, and attributed the peace talks between Saudi Arabia and Yemeni militias to accelerating the relaxation of restrictions. 
Although the U.S. side did not disclose the specific time when the sales ban will be relaxed, at the same time, the U.S. Department of Defense has made another piece of information public: the U.S. has approved a military training program to Saudi Arabia that will be provided by the U.S. or contractors at a cost of about $1 billion. On the one hand, it has suddenly loosened its grip on arms sales to Saudi Arabia, and on the other hand, it has actively provided military training guidance to Saudi ArabiaOne. The United States is uneasy about the linkage between Iran and Saudi ArabiaTwo years ago, Saudi Arabia and the Houthis fought a fierce war, and the war and airstrikes took a huge toll on Yemen. At the time, there were concerns that the United States would be used by Saudi Arabia against Yemeni civilians, and Biden had no choice but to impose this ban to limit the main offensive to Saudi Arabia. But with the rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran in March, mediated by China, the likelihood of a conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis has diminished dramatically. 
In addition, a few days ago, Mohammed al-Bagheri, Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, and Saudi Defense Minister Khaled bin Salman had a communication between Iran, and according to the Iranian side, Iran is willing to expand military cooperation with Saudi Arabia. Now that Iran, behind the Houthis, has begun to reach military cooperation with Saudi Arabia, it is obvious that there is no need for the US ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia at present. Two. I want to find a breakthrough in the Houthi blockade of the Red SeaAlthough relations between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis are temporarily stable, Saudi Arabia has been the Houthis' biggest enemy and adversary until then. The United States chose to relax the ban at this time, and it cannot be ruled out that it wants to use the hands of Saudi Arabia to deal with the Houthis. Thus solving the Red Sea dilemma created by the Houthis. 
Three. Saudi Arabia and China have deepened their military-trade cooperationSaudi Arabia is by far the largest buyer of the United States, and under this ban, American workers will inevitably leave a lot of blanks. Saudi Arabia is a good customer, the United States does not sell, there will be others who sell. A few days ago, it was reported that Saudi Arabia bought China's ** at the Zhuhai Air Show, with a total value of more than 4 billion US dollars. 
In fact, in recent years, in addition to the direct purchase of China's first equipment, Saudi Arabia's military transactions with China usually include technology transfer agreements, and even require China to build factories in Saudi Arabia. The space for cooperation in this is obviously so profitable that the United States can no longer sit still. If the ban is not lifted, Saudi Arabia, a big customer, will completely become someone else's. Whatever the reason, the relaxation of arms sales by the United States to Saudi Arabia at this time is not a good thing in the chaotic situation in the Middle East, and will only further expand regional contradictions. 100 help plan