Israel Matzav

Hezbullah moving weapons from Syria to Lebanon?

Friday's Le Figaro reported that Hezbullah is preparing to move weapons it has stored in Syria to Lebanon in the event that the Assad regime looks like it is going to fall. There's just one small problem: Will Israel attack the convoys from the air?

Friday's Le Figaro report included details on the locations of the weapons, noting that the majority of the stash was distributed in densely-populated urban areas including the southern city of Homs and cities just outside Damascus.

Also according to the report, Tehran and Damascus are worried that Israel might order an air strike on one of their convoys should they try to transfer the weapons across the border.

Hezbollah is believed to have stored other advanced arms in Syria – including long-range rockets – as part of its logistical deployment along Israel’s northern border.

Israel’s main concern in Syria has to do with the fate of the advanced missiles and extensive chemical weapons held by Assad’s military and the question of whose hands they would fall into in the event that his regime is toppled. Since Israel’s bombing of the nuclear reactor Assad was covertly building in 2007, Syria has put a stronger emphasis on chemical weapons and nonconventional warheads.

At the moment, the Syrian military is believed to still be in full control of its assets and troops, although some lowlevel soldiers have defected to the opposition.

Well, at least someone still has a deterrent capability.

Note also how the weapons are being stored among civilians human shields.

Labels: Hezbullah rockets, Lebanon, Syrian uprising

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:04 PM