In total 60% of the arms – including jets, missiles, bombs and guns – went to the Middle East, mostly Saudi Arabia. The Department for International Trade figures show that from 2010-19 only the US was ahead of Britain in the arms export market. Last year the UK sold £11billion of weapons abroad, £3billion down on 2018. Besides the Middle East, Britain’s biggest weapons export destinations were Europe and North America. "Sales being approved today could be used in atrocities for many years to come.”Britain announced in July that arms sales to Saudi Arabia, suspended last year, would be resumed.

Source: Daily Mirror October 06, 2020 17:37 UTC