Middle East Receives One-Sixth of Global Arms Transfers - SIPRI

In the last five years Middle Eastern states accounted for 17 per cent of international arms transfers, say researchers at Sweden's SIPRI.

Saudi Arabian missile corvette Tabuk  (IMAGE – US Department of Defense)

The Middle East received more than one-sixth of arms transfers worldwide in 2006-10, according to new data published on 14 March 2011 by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

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