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Topic: arms smuggling

April 23, 2013
3:15 pm

The Jordanian bank of the Dead Sea (photo credit: CC BY jemasmith, Flickr)

Palestinian man shot dead in Jordan

The body of Salih Jahalin, a convicted arms smuggler from a village near Bethlehem, found near the coast of the Dead Sea

By Asher Zeiger

April 10, 2013
8:47 am

Smuggled weapons (illustrative photo credit: IDF Spokesman/Flash 90)

UN panel: Libyan weapons spread at alarming rate

Arms and munitions are fueling conflicts and aiding militias across Africa and the Mediterranean, including Gaza Strip and Syria

By Edith M. Lederer

March 10, 2013
3:36 pm

Illustrative photo of a missile (photo credit: Ministry of Defense/Flash90)

Sinai Islamists fire long-range missile

Egyptian military sources says jihadist group fired projectile with 45-kilometer range during drill; Israeli reported arrested in peninsula

By Gabe Fisher

March 4, 2013
12:58 pm

Israeli soldiers unpack rockets seized by Israeli authorities on a ship near Cyprus, and presented in the port of the Israeli city of Ashdod, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

‘Hamas rejects rockets tagged with tracking devices’

Israel accessed and tagged the weapons somewhere between Libya and Gaza, Egyptian daily reports

By Elhanan Miller

February 16, 2013
6:03 am

Cargo ship (illustrative photo credit: Chen Leopold/Flash90)

Finland probes ‘Syria arms smuggling attempt’

From the web Al Jazeera: Customs officials discover tank parts in a container on board a cargo ship en route from Russia to Syria

February 15, 2013
7:01 am

An Egyptian watchtower overlooking the Israeli border with Egypt (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Israeli delegation visits Cairo for security talks

Defense officials reportedly hold brief meeting with Egyptian counterparts while their aircraft waits on the runway

By Ron Friedman

February 14, 2013
4:29 am

A rebel fighter poses for a photographer while holding a Russian weapon acquired from the Syrian army by Free Syrian Army rebels in the northwestern city of Maraat al-Numan, Syria, on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. (Mustafa Karali/AP)

Turkey seizes huge arms cache bound for Syria

From the web Hurriyet: Ankara announces confiscation of hundreds of guns and ammo in past month meant to fuel fight against Assad

February 10, 2013
8:46 am

Yemen minister says Iran behind weapons seized from ship

Investigation underway after discovery of arms destined for local insurgents; ‘Iran continues to defy the international community,’ says US State Department

February 2, 2013
7:34 am

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta attends a ceremony in Lima, Peru, last October (photo credit: AP/Martin Mejia/File)

Panetta suggests Washington fully backs Israeli strike on Syria

Outgoing defense secretary says US intent on preventing transfer of sophisticated weapons to terrorists, warns of Iran’s export of manpads

By Michal Shmulovich

January 10, 2013
7:07 pm

Egypt arrests four for smuggling arms to Sinai

Men caught with thousands of rounds of ammunition and RPGs near Libyan border

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 25, 2012
8:05 pm

Arms seized from a Hezbollah military vessel in 2009 (photo credit: IDF/Flash90)

Cairo cracking down on arms smuggling, Israeli minister says

Series of weapons busts since Pillar of Defense are proof of Egypt’s new stance, according to Moshe Ya’alon

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 9, 2012
4:42 am

A view of Naples harbor (photo credit: CC BY MegaZoi, Flickr)

Italian police capture arms cache based on Israeli intel

Rocket launcher reportedly bound for Egypt intercepted by undercover agents in Naples harbor

By Times of Israel staff

November 27, 2012
2:56 pm

Egyptian army personnel guard the road outside Rafah, Egypt, Monday, Aug. 6, (photo credit: AP)

Egypt reportedly intercepts large weapons shipment en route to Gaza from Libya

Cache includes 185 crates full of arms and ammunition worth $3.3 million, Egyptian daily says