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Syria Caching Heavy Weapons Near Israel’s Border
As news of the previously unknown Iranian nuclear facility has everybody re-evaluating Iran’s nuclear point of no return, the Israelis are reporting that Syria is caching heavy weapons along its shared border with Israel.
They said the Syrian Army was using civilian assets to conceal the rearmament operation.
“They are using civilian trucks to bring weapons near the border,” Ground Forces Command chief Maj. Gen. Avi Mizrachi said.
In an address to a military conference on Sept. 2, Mizrachi said the Syrian Army was storing massive amounts of weapons in villages near the Israeli border. He said unmarked trucks were transporting a range of weapons to villages in the Golan Heights.
“This is why we need to split up our capabilities between a conventional war scenario to one that we are fighting against a non-conventional force,” Mizrachi said.
“The Syrians have learned from [the Iranian-sponsored] Hizbullah on how to use a civilian shield,” a senior officer said. “We expect Syria to do the same thing in any next war.”
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