“The Iranians are trying to come up with new ways and routes to smuggle weapons from Iran to its allies in the Middle East.”
A Fars Air Qeshm 747 that left Tehran Sunday morning has been accused in the past of transporting weapons to Hezbollah.
The accusations surfaced in a September Fox News report based on western intelligence assessments. The cargo plane made suspicious flights in July and August to Damascus and Beirut.
“The Iranians are trying to come up with new ways and routes to smuggle weapons from Iran to its allies in the Middle East,” a source told Fox News.
The cargo plane made another suspicious trip on November 29 to Beirut. On December 25 it flew to Damascus and left later that same evening. Airstrikes, which Russia and Syria blamed on Israel, struck west of Damascus soon after.
This is a developing story.
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Seth FrantzmanVerified account @sfrantzman 2h2 hours agoMore
Fars Air Qeshm: On subsequent flights this suspicious plane has coincided with allegations that Iran is up to no good in Syria or Lebanon and sometimes even subsequent action, this has been reported in September (@Obs_IL spotted this flight this morning) https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/iran-using-civilian-flights-to-smuggle-weapons-to-hezbollah-1.766881 …
Update, #FarsAirQeshm has now passed over Ramadi, heading due West.
If I had to guess I’d say it’s heading for Damascus, since the flight in front of it, Naser Wings from Najaf, is also heading to Damascus and they are on the same route. Last time Fars Air Qeshm landed in Damascus was December 25, if I recall correctly
Seth FrantzmanVerified account @sfrantzman 37m37 minutes ago
MoreDetails on previous flights FoxNews, Sept. https://www.foxnews.com/world/irans-secret-weapons-smuggling-air-routes-to-lebanon-revealed-by-intel-sources … Oct. https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-sent-hezbollah-advanced-weapons-to-turn-rockets-into-precision-missiles-new-flight-data-suggests … Nov. https://www.timesofisrael.com/tehran-beirut-cargo-flight-sparks-concerns-iran-arming-hezbollah-directly/ … Dec.
It was heading into Damascus at 10:37 until it stopped showing up #FarsAirQeshm
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Observer IL – 🅾️ 🅱️ 🔺 @Obs_IL 15m15 minutes ago
Positioning itself for final approach.
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