DTN News - UNREST IN SYRIA: Syrian Security Forces On Red Alert In The City Of Homs During Ramadan
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 23, 2011: A Syrian armoured vehicle is pictured outside the sandbagged police headquarters of the central city of Homs, 160 kms northeast of Damascus, on August 30, 2011, as rights activists reported widespread anti-regime protests across Syria on the first day of the feast marking the end of Ramadan with massive security deployments in the flashpoint province of Homs and gunfire near the citadel of the city.
While Syrian authorities have accused the Future Movement of supporting the smuggling of weapons to Syrian opposition groups, the Lebanese Army Intelligence Branch and border police have confirmed only a few of the many incidences of arm smuggling reported by the media.
Lebanese security forces arrested three Lebanese last month on charges of attempting to smuggle automatic rifles from the Beirut coastline by boat.
“Smuggling operations were discussed particularly in light of events taking place in Syria and [smugglers are made up of] different nationalities. There are people taking advantage of the situation and entering Syria from Lebanon,” Mutlaq added.
Syria’s allies in Lebanon, particularly Hezbollah, have also accused the Future Movement of smuggling weapons to Syria and using Lebanon as a launch pad to attack Damascus, but the Future Movement has denied the allegations and security sources have said that Lebanese political parties are not playing any role in the trafficking of arms.
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