Egypt among top countries for weapons imports

Three of the top ten countries that imported weapons in the Middle East from 2018-2022 included Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt, CNN Arabic reported.

The top five countries for arms importers included India, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Australia and China, which accounted for 36 percent of the total global arms imports.

The “Trends in International Arms Transfers 2022” report, published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI, stated that arms imports by countries in the Middle East decreased by 8.8 percent between 2018 and 2022 compared to between 2013-2017.