<P> In June 1967 Israel fought with Egypt, Jordan, and Syria in the Six - Day War . As a result of the war, Israel captured the West Bank, Golan Heights, and the Sinai Peninsula . The U.S. supported Israel with weapons and continued to support Israel financially throughout the 1970s . On September 17, 1970, with U.S. and Israeli help, Jordanian troops attacked PLO guerrilla camps, while Jordan's U.S. - supplied air force dropped napalm from above . The U.S. deployed the aircraft carrier Independence and six destroyers off the coast of Lebanon and readied troops in Turkey to support the assault . </P> <P> The American interventions in the years before the Iranian revolution have all proven to be based in part on economic considerations, but more so have been influenced and led by the international Cold War context . </P> <P> Saudi Arabia and the United States are strategic allies, but relations with the U.S. became strained following September 11 attacks . </P> <P> In March 2015, President Barack Obama declared that he had authorized U.S. forces to provide logistical and intelligence support to the Saudis in their military intervention in Yemen, establishing a "Joint Planning Cell" with Saudi Arabia . The report by Human Rights Watch stated that US - made bombs were being used in attacks indiscriminately targeting civilians and violating the laws of war . </P>

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