A lot of weapons “pop up” in the Syrian conflict, writes the director of the Center for Geostrategic Research Dragana Trifkovic in the material for NewsFront – Serbia. – The most weapons fell into the hands of militants via the US through their allies.
Speaking of Germany, it should be viewed through the prism of its special relations with Washington. It is known that Germany has the largest American air base in Europe, as well as American troops. Germany is focused on participating in international military operations as a member of NATO and an American ally.
Considering the fact that Germany is the key point of the American presence in Europe, it is not surprising that the weapons to Syria go through it, namely through the US military base Ramstein. According to some media investigations, weapons from countries of southeastern Europe by this way fall into the Middle East, here it is most often mentioned as an important transit center for armament. Another way is through Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, to Syria. It is often mentioned in the media that many military weapons are used in those military operations, which also reveals links with the Balkans. A huge number of weapons from south-eastern Europe are found in the hands of ISIS terrorists and other extremist groups.
As to German weapons: they are at the hands of the Kurds as well as the Turks. Germany armed the Kurds in Iraq, and now we see that the Turkish army used the German tanks “Leopard” during the operation in Afrin. There is an acute polemic in Germany because of this: the opposition accuses the authorities of double standards in the policy of the Kurds and Turkey, demanding to stop the export of German weapons to Turkey.