Syrian authorities on Thursday said they had foiled an attempt to smuggle a large shipment of advanced weapons and missiles over the border from Iraq, destined for the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon.

Syria’s Interior Ministry, in a statement carried by the state news agency SANA, said that a suspicious vehicle was found parked near the border with Iraq, and that specialized security units searched it.

“A search uncovered a cache of weapons that included long-range missiles, anti-tank guided missiles and drones,” SANA reported.

Images published by SANA showed that the arms cache included anti-tank weapons, and a large number of fiber optic-guided first-person-view (FPV) drones, which have been used repeatedly by Hezbollah in attacks on Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.

Citing preliminary investigations based on evidence collected at the scene, Syria’s interior ministry said that the “shipment was intended to transit Syrian territory before being delivered to the Hezbollah terrorist militia in Lebanon.”

Syrian authorities were working to identify those involved in the smuggling operation “and dismantle the networks linked to it,” SANA added.

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#Syria: #IRGC took advantage of the 100s of Iraqi oil tankers traveling daily to Baniyas to smuggle a truckload of weapons intended for Hezbollah.

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