Syria stops weapons smuggling to Hezbollah at Iraq border | AP News
- DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian authorities at the country’s border with Iraq thwarted an attempt to smuggle weapons believed to have been headed to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, state media said Thursday.
- A truck was seized with advanced weapons and rockets, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency quoted an unnamed Interior Ministry official as saying.
- The official said that a preliminary investigation concluded that its intended destination was Hezbollah in Lebanon, which since early March has been at war with Israel.
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- DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian authorities at the country’s border with Iraq thwarted an attempt to smuggle weapons believed to have been headed to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, state media said Thursday.
- A truck was seized with advanced weapons and rockets, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency quoted an unnamed Interior Ministry official as saying.
- The official said that a preliminary investigation concluded that its intended destination was Hezbollah in Lebanon, which since early March has been at war with Israel.
Sources: AP, The Independent