VOL. XXXIX

No. 56

21-October-1996

GENERAL

MENA Region Remains Largest Global Arms Market

A recent study by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), The Military Balance 1996/97, has revealed that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region remains the largest arms market in the world, with arms sales into the area amounting to over $9bn, or over 40% of the global market in 1994, according to the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). According to the report,...