Weighing arms sale, U.S. seeks Saudi pledge on Yemen civilian casualties

A man walks outside at a waste recycling factory which has been recently hit by Saudi-led air strikes on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen November 16, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States wants new commitments from Saudi Arabia to improve its targeting procedures to minimize civilian casualties in its part in the Yemen civil war as it weighs resuming sales of precision-guided munitions to Riyadh, U.S. officials told Reuters.

An announcement of the weapons sale had been anticipated last month, but objections by mostly Democratic lawmakers and human rights groups have complicated the matter, the U.S. officials and others close to the issue said.