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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/07/iran-syria-weapons-leaked-documents/
Iran Hid Weapons among Earthquake Aid to Target U.S. Troops, Leak Says
(Washington Post) Alex Horton - Iran and its proxies are enabling attacks on U.S. troops in Syria through clandestine weapons shipments hidden within post-earthquake humanitarian aid, according to classified U.S. intelligence and an Israeli military official. A top-secret document circulated on the Discord messaging platform, which has not been previously disclosed, was obtained by the Washington Post. It amplifies earlier reports of Iran's efforts to conceal military equipment within aid deliveries to Syria after the February disaster. In the earthquake's immediate aftermath, Iran and its affiliates moved quickly. A militia group in Iraq "orchestrated the transfer of rifles, ammunition and 30 UAVs hidden in aid convoys to support future attacks on U.S. forces in Syria," the leaked document contends. It notes that an Iranian Quds Force officer maintained a list of "hundreds" of vehicles and goods that entered Syria from Iraq after the earthquake.