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WEAPON SEIZURES IN BAHRAIN
This report examines common features of seizures of conventional weapons and ammunition carried out in Bahrain between 2013 and 2018 — a time of heightened tensions in the country, and in the wider region. It identifies three main commonalities: links with items recovered in maritime seizures in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden; the co-location of weapons with components and chemical precursors used to make improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and a pattern of obliterations of unique identifying markings.
This report draws on CAR’s wider investigations in the region to assess linkages between the weapons seized in Bahrain at this time, and illicit supplies across the Gulf, which have continued into 2024.
DISTRIBUTION OF IRANIAN AMMUNITION IN AFRICA
This report documents six years of collaborative investigations into the distribution of Iranian ammunition in Africa. It is the first comprehensive study of Iran’s weapon ‘footprint’ on the continent.
Focusing on nine African states, it identifies Iranian-manufactured ammunition in service with government forces and a variety of non-state entities, including foreign-backed insurgents, rebel forces, Islamist-oriented armed groups, and warring civilian communities.