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Reports: Iran Transfers Arms to Iraq... Why?


Sun 27 Dec 2020 | 02:39 PM

The Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabas revealed, citing its sources on Sunday, that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard had transferred military equipment to Iraq.

According to the newspaper, the Revolutionary Guards transported accurate short-range "Arch" missiles, in addition to Iranian-made drones, to Iraq.

It added that the missiles are originally owned by the naval forces of the Revolutionary Guards, while the drones are stored in highly guarded locations in the southern Iraqi provinces.

According to the newspaper website, the transfer of Iranian missiles and drones took place in two stages. First, they were transferred from Tehran to Al-Kawthar camp of the Quds Force, located west of Ahvaz, then through the Shalamaja border crossing to Iraq.

The missiles and drones are stored in camps belonging to the pro-Iranian Iraqi militia.

Earlier, the Israeli army had revealed that Iran had developed a wide range of capabilities in the region, specifically in Iraq and Yemen, including advanced unmanned aircraft and remote-guided missiles, warning that they were able to operate them without detection.”

According to the report's claims, the Revolutionary Guards may launch attacks with these weapons in the coming weeks on several targets that are not limited to Iraq, but may include some countries in the region.

The report claimed that Commander of its Quds Force Esmail Ghanni, during his recent visit to Iraq, discussed with a number of Iraqi faction leaders the possibility of taking measures directly against Israel in response to the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh near Tehran in November.

SEE News cannot verify these media allegations.