Report: Turkey Seizes Iranian Arms Smuggled to Syria, Hizbullah

Turkish authorities have seized an Iranian arms shipment heading to Syria and was meant for Hizbullah, a German newspaper reported Thursday.

The Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung quoted diplomatic sources as saying that Turkish security forces stopped a convoy of trucks carrying a large quantity of weapons and ammunition in the south-central city of Kilis, which is adjacent to the Syrian border.

Ankara refused to either confirm or deny the report.

This was not the first time Turkey has been able to foil an Iranian arms shipment to Syria. In March, Ankara informed the U.N. Security Council that it had seized an Iranian cargo plane headed to Syria and that included a cache of weapons.
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