Arms Deal

Pompeo Refuses to Cooperate with Investigation into $8B Arms Deal to Saudi Arabia

May 20, 2020

YemenExtra CNN revealed that US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, had refused to support an investigation into the sale of weapons by Washington to Riyadh, which had been launched by former Secretary-General Inspector Steve Linick, who…

Canada Looking for a Way Out of a Billion-Dollar Arms Deal With Saudi Arabia

Dec 17, 2018

YemenExtra SH.A. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said for the first time that his government is looking for a way out of a billion-dollar arms deal with Saudi Arabia. This move marks a significant tightening in Trudeau’s…

Trump’s arms deal with Saudis raises humanitarian concerns on Yemen

May 24, 2017

James Reinl UNITED NATIONS – The prominent humanitarian Jan Egeland has criticised US President Donald Trump’s freshly-inked $110bn arms deal with Saudi Arabia, saying it would deepen the conflict and suffering in neighbouring…