Syria says it detained group that used Hezbollah arms for attacks on airport |
Syria said on Sunday that it had detained a group behind recent rocket attacks on the Mezzeh military airport in Damascus, with investigators tracing the weapons to Hezbollah, the Lebanese terror group backed by Iran.
The Syrian Interior Ministry said security units arrested all members of the group, which it said had carried out several strikes on the airport in recent months, after surveillance of suspected launch sites in several areas of the capital.
The weapons used in the attacks originated from Hezbollah, an ally of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that once had a large military presence across Syria supporting Assad’s army during the country’s civil war, the ministry said.
Hezbollah denied the allegations and said it had no activity or ties with any group inside Syria.
Authorities said they also seized a number of drones the group was preparing to use in further operations.
The ministry said only that the detainees had........