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Exclusive: Russia flying Iranian weapons shipments into Syria, sources say

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Exclusive: Russia flying Iranian weapons shipments into Syria, sources say

Russia has helped Iranian regime deliver weapons into Syria twice a day over the past 10 days; western intelligence sources tell Fox News.
Those sources say Russian cargo planes transported the weapons. The planes were spotted earlier this month on the tarmac at the Russian air base in Latakia, Syria’s primary port city.
The flights are not registered, and are in breach of two United Nations Security Council resolutions which impose an arms embargo on Iran.
Fox News is told the increased Russian transport of Iranian weapons is being coordinated by Qassem Soulimeini, the head of the Iranian  terrorist Quds force, as well as Vladimir Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. An Iranian civilian airline, Mahan Air, is flying military personnel into Syria several times each day from Tehran to Latakia.
Tehran’s support has been crucial to Assad’s survival. Besides significant financial aid to Assad, Iran has acknowledged that its Revolutionary Guard officers are on the ground in Syria in an advisory role. There have been multiple Iranian officers and soldiers killed in fighting in Syria.


 



By Jennifer Griffin
Published October 29, 2015


Jennifer Griffin currently serves as a national security correspondent for FOX News Channel