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Italy halts arms exports to Saudi Arabia [Adnkronos International, Rome] Italy’s government has blocked weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, foreign minister Luigi Di Maio stated on Friday. Both Gulf states belong to an Arab coalition that has been bombing war-torn Yemen since 2015 in a deadly bid to defeat Houthi rebels and restore president Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi’s rule. “Today the government revoked current authorisations for the export of missiles and bombers to Saudi Arabia and the UAE,” Di Maio wrote on Facebook. Italy’s move is intended to send a clear ...