{"id":133599,"date":"2025-12-22T15:48:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=133599"},"modified":"2025-12-22T15:48:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:48:28","slug":"syrian-authorities-announce-seizure-of-anti-aircraft-missiles-in-deir-ez-zor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/133599\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian authorities announce seizure of anti-aircraft missiles in Deir ez-Zor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) <\/strong>\u2013 Syria\u2019s Interior Ministry announced on Monday the seizure of a shipment of anti-aircraft missiles allegedly prepared for smuggling from the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor into neighboring Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, the ministry said security forces in the city of al-Bukamal received what it described as \u201caccurate information\u201d indicating that anti-aircraft missiles were hidden inside a residential house and intended to be smuggled outside Syrian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBased on this information, a carefully executed raid was carried out, resulting in the seizure of SAM-7 missiles,\u201d the statement said. The ministry added that the weapons were confiscated and that investigations have been launched to identify and arrest all individuals involved, with the aim of referring them to the competent judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement did not specify the number of missiles seized or the parties suspected of organizing the smuggling attempt. Authorities also did not disclose the intended recipients of the weapons beyond confirming Iraq as the destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Atoun Jan<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syria\u2019s Interior Ministry announced on Monday the seizure of a shipment of anti-aircraft missiles allegedly prepared for smuggling from the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor into neighboring Iraq. In a statement, the ministry said security forces in the city of al-Bukamal received what it described as \u201caccurate information\u201d indicating that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":133600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39,7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-military-developments","category-syria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Syrian authorities announce seizure of anti-aircraft missiles in Deir ez-Zor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syria\u2019s Interior Ministry announced on Monday the seizure of a shipment of anti-aircraft missiles 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