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Report: U.S. Seeks to Block Missiles for Hizballah
[Ynet News/Janes' Defense Weekly] Janes' Defense Weekly reported on Thursday that Israel and the U.S. have intensified efforts to prevent Hizballah from replenishing its arms depots. On July 19, U.S. intelligence satellites spotted Iranians loading eight Chinese-designed C802 anti-ship cruise missiles and three launchers onto a transport aircraft at the military section of Mahrebad Airport outside Tehran for shipment to Hizballah via Syria. Iranian flights have landed at three Syrian air bases: the military section of Mezze International Airport in Damascus; Nasiriya, 40 km from the Lebanese border; and Qusayr, north of Damascus and 25 km from the Bekaa Valley. Israeli aircraft destroyed most of the bridges and roads linking Syria and Lebanon, but Israeli intelligence believes mountain smuggling trails were used to transport arms to Hizballah.