Supply of weapons and European arms industry

See also  UK role in Yemen conflict and Category:Yemen#French_involvement
 * Yemen: inquiry finds Saudis diverting arms to factions loyal to their cause - Rod Austin The Guardian November 28, 2018
 * Yemen: The devastating war waged with European weapons - Deutsche Welle November 30, 2018
 * Sold to an ally, lost to an enemy - Nima Elbagir, Salma Abdelaziz, Mohamed Abo El Gheit and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN February 4, 2019
 * Saudi Arabia and the UAE have used the US-manufactured weapons as a form of currency to buy the loyalties of militias or tribes, bolster chosen armed actors, and influence the complex political landscape


 * Crimes de guerre au Yémen - Les complicités européennes - Alexandra Jousset, Arte.tv April 15, 2019
 * The Business of Death - l'Espresso, Aug 23, 2016
 * Italy’s dirty war in Yemen il Manifesto, Giorgio Beretta Cctober 16, 2016
 * ...between October and December 2015, at least four Boeing 747 cargo planes from the Azerbaijani company Silk Way, loaded with a cargo of bombs produced in the Domusnovas factory of RWM Italia in Sardinia, departed from the civil airport Elmas in Cagliari. The cargo landed at the Taif base of the Royal Saudi Air Force in Saudi Arabia.
 * Ro-ro cargo ship BAHRI TABUK loaded some 18 containers at Cagliari Port, Italy, on Dec 9 or 10, in something very much like covert operation, early in the morning, under supervision and protection of special forces, firefighters and technicians. - FleetMon December 12, 2018
 * 350 diplomatic flights carry weapons for terrorists - Dilyana Gaytandzhieva, Trud.bg July 2, 2017
 * 'Code of silence' in poor Sardinia amid uproar over Saudi arm sales - Alvise Armellini, DPA international July 1, 2017
 * ARE RWM ITALIA AND ITALIAN ARMS EXPORT AUTHORITY COMPLICIT IN DEADLY SAUDI-COALITION AIRSTRIKE? - ECCHR April 18, 2018
 * The legal intervention calls for an investigation into the criminal liability of Italian authority UAMA that authorizes Italy’s armament exports, and of Italian armament manufacturer RWM Italia S.p.A.’s directors for armament exports to members of the Saudi-led military coalition involved in the conflict in Yemen
 * Italian dock strike blocks deadly cargo headed for Saudi Arabia - Steve Sweeney Morning Star May 20, 2019
 * *Saudi ship facing arms protests leaves Spanish port - ABC News May 13, 2019
 * Saudi vessel leaves French coast without arms shipment - France 24 May 10, 2019
 * France: Authorities must stop arms-laden ship of shame bound for Saudi Arabia - Amnesty International May 28, 2019

Serbia

 * Islamic State weapons in Yemen traced back to US Government: Serbia files (part 1) - Dilyana Gaytandzhieva, Arms Watch September 1, 2019
 * US Task Force Smoking Gun smuggles weapons to Syria: Serbia files (part 2)
 * Leaked arms dealers’ passports reveal who supplies terrorists in Yemen: Serbia files (Part 3)
 * Dilyana Gaytandzhieva (Twitter) - October 20, 2019
 * Would anybody in #Serbia ask the president Vucic why the vice prime minister’s father sold state arms to Saudi Arabia using a British Virgin Islands offshore company and who is behind this offshore company?


 * See also US weapon deliveries to Syrian rebels

German export ban to Saudi

 * Italian stalemate lets German firm profit from Saudi arms sales - Politico.eu December 19, 2018
 * BAE Systems warns of risk from German stance on Saudi arms - Reuters, February 21, 2019
 * Germany’s government is trying to halt weapons exports to Saudi Arabia after the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, but Britain has urged the country to exempt big defence projects or face damage to its commercial credibility.


 * German government split on Saudi arms ban (Video: Saudi Arabia, UAE use german made weapons Deutsche Welle March 27, 2019
 * Germany permits some weapons exports to Saudi EU Observer, 12 April, 2019
 * ..systems developed jointly with other EU states, notably France and Britain, were excluded as the ban was extended.


 * UK negotiates loophole in Saudi export ban to sell planes for use in Yemen - Patrick Wintour The Guardian May 23, 2019
 * ANGELA MERKEL DEAL ALLOWS FRENCH ARMS EXPORTS TO SAUDI ARABIA - The Times, Sept 16, 2019
 * Germany’s new military sales to UAE draw criticism - Ayhan Şimşek, AA.com, October 4, 2019