Global arms trade ‘at highest level in decades’

‘Global arms sales have reached their highest level in decades, with Middle Eastern Arab countries being among the top buyers, a new report says.
More weapons were sold across the globe between 2012 and 2016 than any other five-year period since 1990, according to an annual report on arms sales released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) on Monday.
Among the arms purchasers, Saudi Arabia, which is involved in military aggression against its impoverished neighbor Yemen, is ranked the world’s second-largest importer after India.
India bought most of its arms from Russia, while the Saudis purchased their major weapons systems from the US and the UK.’
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