{"id":330526,"date":"2025-04-14T21:23:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T20:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=330526"},"modified":"2025-04-14T21:23:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T20:23:17","slug":"iran-news-tehrans-regional-smuggling-network-collapses-as-post-assad-syria-cuts-final-supply-routes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-tehrans-regional-smuggling-network-collapses-as-post-assad-syria-cuts-final-supply-routes\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News: Tehran\u2019s Regional Smuggling Network Collapses as Post-Assad Syria Cuts Final Supply Routes"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_330527\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330527\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-330527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/skynews-arabic-syria-counter-narcotics.jpg\" alt=\"Sky News Arabiya reported on April 13, 2025) about post-Assad Syrian forces uncover Iranian weapons, drones, and drug factories near Lebanon border\" width=\"1000\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/skynews-arabic-syria-counter-narcotics.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/skynews-arabic-syria-counter-narcotics-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/skynews-arabic-syria-counter-narcotics-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/skynews-arabic-syria-counter-narcotics-741x420.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/skynews-arabic-syria-counter-narcotics-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/skynews-arabic-syria-counter-narcotics-696x395.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-330527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sky News Arabiya reported on April 13, 2025, about post-Assad Syrian forces uncovering Iranian weapons, drones, and drug factories near the Lebanon border<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1136\" data-end=\"1567\">Syria\u2019s new government has launched a sweeping crackdown on what remains of the Iranian regime\u2019s transnational smuggling network, marking a major turning point in the collapse of Tehran\u2019s regional influence. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skynewsarabia.com\/middle-east\/1789634-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%83-%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%93%D8%AE%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%95%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky News Arabiya report published<\/a> on April 13, the operation follows the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime last December and signals the end of what was once Iran\u2019s critical land bridge into Lebanon and the eastern Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1569\" data-end=\"2074\">The Syrian government, now under President Ahmad Shara, is targeting long-established smuggling corridors along the 375-kilometer border with Lebanon\u2014routes once used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to move weapons, fuel, cash, and narcotics to Hezbollah and other proxies. Forces loyal to the new administration have uncovered a vast network of arms caches, including Iranian missiles and military drones, particularly in the strategic town of al-Qusayr, near the Lebanese border.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2076\" data-end=\"2373\">\u201cAl-Qusayr had become a central depot for Iranian weapons,\u201d said Samer Abu Qassem, head of internal security in the city, pointing to crates labeled as containing Iranian missiles. Entire former industrial zones, Sky News Arabiya reports, were converted into weapons storage and drone training facilities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> News: Syrian Seizure of 3 Million Captagon Pills Exposes Iranian Regime\u2019s Role in Regional Drug Trafficking<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i3JA1WKBjJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/i3JA1WKBjJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1903474751928234417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2375\" data-end=\"2700\">Fifteen captagon drug factories\u2014a major source of Hezbollah and Assad regime revenue\u2014were discovered and dismantled, with local officials estimating the trade was worth tens of millions of dollars. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Dm--EyITG1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky News also<\/a> cited battlefield evidence showing Hezbollah\u2019s hasty withdrawal from al-Qusayr and nearby villages last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2702\" data-end=\"3117\">In Tadmur (Palmyra), long used by IRGC-linked Afghan militias as a strategic desert junction, remnants of military compounds and extremist slogans like \u201cDeath to America\u201d remained on walls once used to house foreign fighters. Syrian forces say they are still clearing landmines and explosive remnants from the area, but admit that \u201cstate control is fragile,\u201d according to Zahir Salim, a local civilian official.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3119\" data-end=\"3558\">Security officials from both Syria and Europe told Sky News Arabiya that the clerical regime in Iran is now shifting tactics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iranian-regime-seeks-to-sow-chaos-in-syria-as-survival-strategy-former-diplomat-hints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seeking to destabilize<\/a> the new Syrian state through alternative channels\u2014including radical Sunni networks and tribal militias\u2014after losing access to its traditional proxy forces. Though no direct evidence has been presented, European officials confirmed \u201cindirect Iranian involvement\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-syrian-leader-accuses-irans-regime-and-hezbollah-of-fueling-coastal-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent coastal clashes<\/a> and attempted arms smuggling.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> News: Iranian Arms Smuggling to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hezbollah?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hezbollah<\/a> Disrupted Amid Growing Tensions in Syria<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TI6ivQvm3O\">https:\/\/t.co\/TI6ivQvm3O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1883965685937869261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3560\" data-end=\"3857\">The Syrian interior ministry recently intercepted over a dozen arms shipments bound for Lebanon. In one operation, drones were found hidden in livestock feed trucks. Officials say Hezbollah is desperately trying to evacuate remaining stockpiles before further Syrian or Israeli raids destroy them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3859\" data-end=\"4237\">The collapse of the Iranian regime\u2019s \u201cland bridge\u201d marks a devastating blow to its decades-long strategy of securing regional depth via proxy networks stretching from Tehran to Beirut. With Hezbollah now isolated, Assad gone, and key corridors dismantled, Tehran finds itself increasingly cornered\u2014forced to improvise while facing growing pushback from former allies now in power in Damascus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syria&rsquo;s new government has launched a sweeping crackdown on what remains of the Iranian regime&rsquo;s transnational smuggling network, marking a major turning point in the collapse of Tehran&rsquo;s regional influence. 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