Yemen and the global arms trade | DW Documentary (Arms documentary) DW Documentary

Weapons manufactured in the West and exported to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have ended up in the hands of Yemeni militia.

This is directly in contravention of international law and arms trade treaties. A documentary by the independent journalist network Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) reveals the shocking details. Egyptian journalist Mohamed Aboelgheit spent a year tracing and documenting the origin of weapons that have ended up in the hands of armed groups fighting in Yemen’s civil war. The countries of origin include Germany, the US, the UK, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Serbia, Bulgaria and others. Yet according to international treaties, these arms should never have reached Yemeni militia groups. Aboelgheit created social media accounts using false Yemeni names to get access to the informal trading networks and groups. In some cases the sellers were at pains to emphasize that the weapons were brand new and had never been fired. The documentary airs weighty evidence to show that Gulf states have been passing arms sold to their military on to other parties in Yemen - for political reasons. This is clearly in breach of "end user” certification laws intended to ensure that exported arms are not passed on to third parties.
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Best comment

1. Arthas Menethil: Im surprised that Russia doesn't get more blame for stuff like this. Most of the fighting in the middle east is waged using Russian made weapons. It's like Russia did so many indiscriminate weapons sales that people just sort of expect them to do it. like "eh, that's just Russia being Russia, what are you gonna do?". Im also surprised they didnt bring up Iran or groups like Chechnya more. Alot of the arms and training for extremist groups like Al Qaeda come from Chechnyan rebel groups. If anyone fights a Saudi ally Iran will back that group as part of their cold war against Saudia Arabia.
2. Andrew Flood: This is why we shouldn't have backed a totalitarian regime, cant trust the Saudis, the CCP or Trump
3. anony maus: Yes.
4. Dino Nucci: Wow
5. HesteBremse: Oil, Weapon Sales, and Geo-Strategic long-term considerations, maintaining the access to the oil and keeping a door open to enflame new conflicts to secure that the circle continues. No Conflicts no major need for war equipment – End of a lot of Jobs. With no oil reserves, you can not wage any big wars either. This shit will not change before most of the world has stopped being explicitly dependant on oil.
6. dave goldfarp: ak is 10 $$ in somalia
7. last Sc: War is big business, and sadly it will not stop unless the development and manufacturing of weapons cease to exist
8. muddy hotdog: Sometimes, but don't forget Islam and other religious leaders were fighting wars trying to take over well before there was oil.
9. Ari Jao: Saudi Arabia is the biggest exporter of terrorism and the US supports this
10. bunnyfreakz: +ok Except Trump? You must be blind, during G20 Saudi Prince was with Trump all the time. Trump have body contact and eye contact to Saudi prince.

Yemen and the global arms trade | DW Documentary (Arms documentary)
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