The end of the calendar year means it's time for Congress to pass the annual US defence budget, known as the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA), now reportedly coming up for a Wednesday vote.
The bill's more than 3,000 pages spell out next year's discretionary spending for the Pentagon: a whopping $900.6bn for everything from military operations and pay increases for the troops to recruitment, tech innovation, and modernising the nuclear stockpile.
The last budget was approximately $883.7bn.
Middle East Eye takes a look at the provisions impacting the Middle East and North Africa region.
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