monetary and crisis some of those weapons were originally sold to gulf states and the subject to international laws known as end user agreements that prohibit their transfer to a third party. egyptian journalist mohammed abu every it and the arab reporters for investigative journalism. spent a year tracing the origins of weapons that have fallen into the hands of various yemeni groups. the country's third largest city lies in the southwest and was renowned as the capital of yemeni culture it has been turned into a battleground dies doesn't have any real equipment the security operators were systematically destroyed when the city was conquered by the who the militia. in the absence of state power new players came on the scene. kadir.

in january twenty sixth seen the terrorist group published footage of some of its members holding german three machine guns. it was not limited to this type of gun all the city of time is suggesting wider more systematic abuses m g three isn't there like a what experts call flag items. that are relatively easy for analysts or track that have a strong indicator of possible diversion or possible supply. in the conflict after the conflict began. just three months after the start of operation decisive storm germany was the first european country to officially question saudi arabia

about whether it had passed weapons to a third party. to trigger this video showing who these receiving g three assault rifles that had been aired rocked into yemen. saudi a. with a special license from the company. the company. different types of weapons appear in dozens of. questions but the german federal ministry for. general. the federal ministry for economic affairs and energy has no valid evidence that military equipment exported from germany is being used in yemen exported military

equipment may not be passed on to other countries without the consent of the federal government. the federal government. regarding noncompliance with the very seriously and initiate investigations into the matter in such a case. human rights groups say illicitly diverted weapons components great risks once they leave the certified in jews or in the spirit of the risks that. brings particularly true on authorizing use of such as armed groups that might have very weak model crowd control. in january twenty sixth seen the same month in which german weapons were spotted in the hands of al qaeda a warning was issued by the un security council's panel of experts on yemen to help . we discussed that some

forces or groups are committing acts contravening human rights laws and are not controlled by the yemeni government who have been there receiving military support which includes weapons that might end up being sold on the black market or be handed over to entities on sanctions lists. to investigate whether arms were being passed to an authorized end users are restricted social media accounts with fake yemeni names in order to contact underground illegal trading networks virtually anything is for sale on the net are each documented dozens of german assault rifles and machine guns being sold in some cases the sellers were at pains to emphasise that the arms were brand new and had never been find. someone's resistance fighters are not given their

monthly. we heard although without concrete evidence that they then sell the weapons they received. on each posted a request to buy an m.g. three machine gun and quickly got some office they asked for photos of the weapon serial number. and scotland. then they contacted the german government and requested that they track the serial numbers there was no response. in february twenty seven thousand people in ties took to the streets to protest against the killing of a banana vendor during clashes between armed groups belonging to the popular resistance added that they are above the law no one can stand in their way.

they hurt a lot of people not only my son but her but he did anything. negative. there was still a very idea that. the demonstrations in ties will remind her of the spirit of the yemeni revolution that had swept through the country six years earlier. president ali abdullah saleh stepped down after more than twenty five years in power he was succeeded by his vice president a bit rubbish in months what had he but certainly sought to reclaim power by force and formed an alliance with his former enemies the who things it marks the beginning of the civil war. what's happening today is just one link in a chain that started in twenty level. with most of the like other yemenis i dreamed

of bringing down the system and building a secular state with equal rights for the people. in september twenty fourth teen the who three rebels took control of the capital sana'a. president hardy's government. fled to the southern port city of egypt making it to provisional capital. saudi arabia accused the who sees of receiving iranian support and formed an arab military coalition to support . according to u.n. estimates the country's inhabitants possess forty to sixty million weapons. diverse armed groups known as the popular resistance committees quickly formed to fight against the who sees alongside the saudi led coalition.

they are brigades were on this side. of the swat guys one group on the other during clashes going to help all started running and my son was standing next to this door he took a bullet to the side of his head and it came out the other side. the other while a blast brigades are among the most controversial groups in the popular resistance to salafi militia was founded by shaikh abdel abdul fatah also known as abu allah bus who has been accused of having links to al qaeda. the. security headquarters were attacked by security personnel were killed in cold blood the wounded were denied and the people who carried out the operation were carrying black flags people recognized them as members of al qaeda but they were fighting with us is forces. that. has been

involved from the beginning in the battles to liberate ties everyone knows this and all factions deal with them when you win delegate recently visited ties members of al qaeda attended and had photos taken with them. other evidence was found linking the abu allah bus brigades to our kind.