US President Donald Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia have finalised a series of landmark agreements that deepen the US-Saudi strategic partnership, expand opportunities for high-paying American jobs, strengthen critical supply chains, and reinforce regional stability. President Trump also approved a major defence sale package, "including future F-35 deliveries, which strengthens the US defence industrial base and ensures Saudi Arabia continues to buy American.

However, F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia will be less advanced than those operated by Israel, in line with a US law that guarantees Israel’s military edge in the region, US officials and defence experts said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

How F-35 jets for Israel are different

Officials said the Saudi

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