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Saudi Top Buyer of Military Arms as Flow Increases to Middle East

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Saudi Arabia became the world’s largest arms importer between 2014–18, with an increase of 192 per cent compared with 2009–13, according to a new annual report published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

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