Where is Islamic State getting its guns?

IS captured colossal amounts of United States made weapons, armoured vehicles and ammunition from the Iraqi army when it erupted from Syria into Iraq in early 2014. But most analysis agree that only accounts for a quarter of the weapons in IS hands. So where is the rest coming from? Conflict Armaments Research is an NGO working under a European Union mandate to investigate the supply chains which bring weapons and ammunition the the world's worst conflict zones. Nine to Noon speaks to its managing director, Marcus Wilson.

Documenting Islamic State ammunition in Northern Syria

Documenting a heavy machine gun in Unity State South Sudan

A mixed cache of small arms and light weapons

Message from the field ‘stopped too dangerous to move’

A mixed cache of small arms and light weapons in a shipping container

Documenting Islamic State weapons in Northern Syria

Islamic State ZU-23-2 twin cannon in Northern Syria