Saudi Arabia is planning to purchase $186m worth of artillery systems from the US, a high-ranking source in the Saudi Government has revealed.

The Arabian website Elaf reported the source as saying that an agreement will be reached on the deal in the near future.

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The deal includes the supply of 36 155mm guns and 54 105mm guns, the source added.

The Middle East kingdom entered the largest arms exports contract, worth $60bn, with the US last year..

The contract included 84 new F-15 fighter jets, 70 Apache helicopters, 72 Black Hawk helicopters, 36 Little Birds, 12 MD-530F helicopters and the upgrade of 70 F-15s, as well as a wide range of rockets, bombs and other equipment.

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