according to the stockholm international peace research institute, sipri, in 2010–14 saudi arabia became the world's second largest arms importer, receiving four times more major arms than in 2005–2009. major imports in 2010–14 included 45 combat aircraft from the uk, 38 combat helicopters from the us, four tanker aircraft from spain and over 600 armoured vehicles from canada. saudi arabia has a long list of outstanding orders for arms, including 27 more combat aircraft from the uk, 154 combat aircraft from the us and a large number of armoured vehicles from canada. saudi arabia received 41 percent of uk arms exports in 2010–14. france authorized $18 billion in weapons sales to saudi arabia in 2015 alone. the $15 billion arms deal with saudi arabia is believed to be the largest arms sale in canadian history. in 2016, the european parliament decided to temporarily impose an arms embargo against saudi arabia, as a result of the yemen civilian population's suffering from the conflict with saudi arabia. in 2017, saudi arabia signed a 110 billion dollar arms deal with the united states.