Hizbollah's weapon tanker thwarted

Iraqi security sources revealed that the Border Security Agency discovered a weapons smuggling operation aimed at transporting a shipment from Baghdad to Syria, with the goal of delivering it to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Iraqi armed factions used a petrol tanker owned and operated by Iraqi drivers they recruited, loading the weapons in Baghdad without knowing the exact location inside the vehicle. The two drivers, who were not detained when the operation was uncovered, contacted Syrian security and informed them about their recruitment before Syrian authorities took control of the tanker at the border, without entering Syrian territory. Investigations are still ongoing to determine the details of the entity that recruited them and the smuggling faction. This operation is part of a recurring pattern of weapons transfers across the Iraq-Syria border to Hezbollah, relying on the al-Walid crossing, one of the main routes for trade and smuggling between Iraq and Syria.

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