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Think tank: Russia fuels Syrian arms increase of 580%

By JPOST.COM STAFF

MARCH 19, 2012 10:38

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on Monday published a report finding that Russian arms imports to Syria contributed to a 580 percent increase in the volume of Syrian arms imports from 2007-2011 as compared to 2002-2006.

Russia supplied 78% of Syria’s arms imports in 2007–11. During 2011, Russia continued deliveries of Buk-M2E SAM systems and Bastion-P coastal defense missile systems to Syria, as well as securing an order for 36 Yak-130 trainer/combat aircraft.

Besides the situation in Syria, the report also notes that major arms suppliers continued to deliver weapons to countries involved in the events of the Arab Spring, despite the uncertainty surrounding the intentions of the new regimes.

The US completed a review in 2011 of its arms transfer policies towards the region, but continues to provide significant arms to both Tunisia and Egypt. In 2011, the US delivered 45 M-1A1 tanks to Egypt and agreed to deliver 125 more.

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