Tag: arms sales

• Tuesday, March 16th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  United States accounted for 37% of global arms sales in 2016/20, SIPRI

  

  The United States accounted for 37% of global arms sales during the 2016-2020 period and sold arms to 96 countries. Almost half of its sales went to the Middle East, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a report on Monday. US exports increased 15% compared to the 2011-2015 period.

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 08:31 UTC

  UK broke the law by allowing arms sales to Saudi Arabia, rules senior judge

  

  Britain broke the law by allowing arms sales to Saudi Arabia that might have been deployed in the war in Yemen, an English court ruled on Thursday after activists said there was evidence the weapons had been used in violation of human rights statutes.