Syrian authorities discover Hezbollah arms smuggling tunnel, warehouses near Lebanon border - James Genn

 

by James Genn

Syrian authorities discover a Hezbollah tunnel linking Syria and Lebanon used for smuggling weapons, along with a large shipment of IED components destined for Lebanon.

 

Syrian interim-President Ahmad al-Sharaa in front of the Syrian and Hezbollah flags (illustrative).

(photo credit: REUTERS/KHALIL ASHAWI/FILE PHOTO, SHUTTERSTOCK)

 

Syrian authorities in Homs located a tunnel used by Hezbollah terrorists to smuggle weapons across the border into Lebanon, state TV channel Al-Ikhbaria reported on Wednesday.

The regime's security personnel also "seized several warehouses containing weapons and ammunition prepared for smuggling," the report said.

مراسل الإخبارية: قوى الأمن الداخلي في حمص تعثر على نفق في الريف الجنوبي يمتد بين سوريا ولبنان يُستخدم في عمليات تهريب الأسلحة وتضبط عدة مخازن تحتوي على أسلحة وذخائر مُعدة للتهريب#الإخبارية_السورية pic.twitter.com/M2OmSXSE9a

— الإخبارية السورية (@AlekhbariahSY) April 15, 2026

Syria's Interior Ministry seized IED components near Lebanon border

In a later Wednesday report, the TV channel announced that internal security authorities identified attempts to smuggle a "large shipment of explosive lighting" materials that were on their way to Lebanon.

These approximately 6,000 electric components were seized by authorities, the Interior Ministry confirmed.

The components were likely intended to create improvised explosive devices, analysts say.

#Syria: major seizure of a military shipment intended for Lebanon (Hezbollah).

No fewer than 6,000 detonators for IEDs were seized near Nabek (N. #Damascus), an area regularly witnessing smuggling activities with Lebanon. https://t.co/AET7K4yRnR pic.twitter.com/ebobhm0vRB

— Qalaat Al Mudiq (@QalaatAlMudiq) April 15, 2026

The seizure took place in al-Nabk, north of Damascus, near the Syria-Lebanon border, across from Baalbek.

Hezbollah's position in Syria is believed to have been weakened since December 2024, when Ahmed al-Sharaa's Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham deposed the Assad regime from power.

Sharaa, who has a history of leading Sunni Islamist groups, has taken a tougher stance against the Shia regime of Iran and its proxies, including Hezbollah, from conducting terror operations and smuggling in Syrian territory.

  

James Genn 

Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-893120

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