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Syria foils attempt to smuggle weapons to Hezbollah from Iraq — state news agency
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Syria's (L) and Iraq's national flags are pictured near the Iraqi-Syrian border, in Al-Qaim, west of Iraq on January 23, 2026. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
Syrian authorities foiled an attempt to smuggle in a shipment of advanced weapons and missiles over the border from Iraq, the state news agency SANA reports.
The report cites an Interior Ministry source, who says preliminary investigations show the shipment was intended for Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group.
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