Russia fuelling Syria arms surge - research

Syria imported nearly six times more weapons from 2007-2011 than in the previous five-year period, with Russia accounting for 72% of the arms supplies to President Bashar Assad’s regime, an international research institute said today.

The report on global arms transfers by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) highlights how Moscow continues to provide Syria with weapons even as the US, the European Union and others impose arms embargoes due to the regime’s violent crackdown on protesters.