arms trade
Insight: Syria pays for Russian weapons to boost ties with Moscow
Egypt
August 30, 2013
Insight: Syria pays for Russian weapons to boost ties with Moscow
More than two years into Syria's civil war, President Bashar al-Assad is settling his bills for Russian arms orders through…
Kerry voices conditional U.S. support for U.N. arms treaty
World
March 16, 2013
Kerry voices conditional U.S. support for U.N. arms treaty
Secretary of State John Kerry voiced support on Friday for an international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global arms…
UN chief pleads for arms pact, Palestinians demand seat
World
July 4, 2012
UN chief pleads for arms pact, Palestinians demand seat
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pleaded on Tuesday for a binding pact to regulate the more than $60 billion global…
US resumes military supplies to Bahrain
World
May 12, 2012
US resumes military supplies to Bahrain
The United States said it was partially resuming sales of military supplies to Gulf Arab ally Bahrain after having frozen…
Report: Syria arms imports surge, with Russia its main supplier
World
March 19, 2012
Report: Syria arms imports surge, with Russia its main supplier
STOCKHOLM — Syria imported nearly six times more weapons in 2007-2011 than in the previous five-year period, with Russia accounting…
Russia warns of ‘scandal’ if UN vote on Syria text
Egypt
February 4, 2012
Russia warns of ‘scandal’ if UN vote on Syria text
Russia said Saturday that the Western-backed text of a UN Security Council resolution on the violence in Syria did not…
Amnesty International report reveals Egypt police own sniper rifles
Egypt
October 19, 2011
Amnesty International report reveals Egypt police own sniper rifles
The international human rights watchdog Amnesty International has revealed that in 2010 Egypt’s Ministry of Interior received two sniper rifles…