UNIFIL: No sight of scud missiles

UNIFIL spokesman Niraj Singh stressed in an interview published Friday that U.N. peacekeepers have not spotted any “scud missiles” in their area of operation.

“UNIFIL has not seen any Scud missiles in its area of operation,” Singh told Pan-Arab Asharq al-Awsat newspaper.

Singh described the situation on the southern border as “generally quiet,” pointing out that all concerned parties were cooperating to implement U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701. (more…)

Evidence of Hezbollah arms depots in Syria exposed

Hezbollah is running weapons, including surface-to-surface missiles, from secret arms depots in Syria to its bases in Lebanon, according to security sources.

The Times has been shown satellite images of one of the sites, a compound near the town of Adra, northeast of Damascus, where militants have their own living quarters, an arms storage site and a fleet of lorries reportedly used to ferry weapons into Lebanon. (more…)

Hariri denies supporting scuds for Hezbollah

The pro-Syrian Lebanese newspaper As-Safir reported Tuesday that Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri supports Hezbollah obtaining Scud missiles.

In a statement, the press office stressed that all quotes attributed to the prime minister in As Safir daily fall in “the context of hearsay and are incorrect.” The statement added :

“I don’t disagree with Hezbollah over the resistance. I disagree with it over some internal issues,” Lebanese personalities, who have lately met with the premier, reportedly told As Safir. (more…)

UNIFIL: No evidence of Hezbollah Scuds in south Lebanon

UNIFIL Major General Alberto Asarta Cuevas was quoted by An-Nahar newspaper as saying.”We have no evidence of any Scud missiles in UNIFIL’s area of operations” in southern Lebanon.

“These missiles are large and difficult to hide,” he added.

Israeli President Shimon Peres accused in April Syria of supplying Hezbollah with long-range Scud missiles, a charge Damascus staunchly denied.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad about the risks of triggering a regional war if he supplied Hezbollah with the missiles. (more…)

Israeli intelligence: Hezbollah Scuds tip of iceberg

Israeli head of the Military Intelligence’s (MI) research department Brig.-Gen. Yossi Baidatz reportedly said on Tuesday, “Weapons are transferred to Hezbollah on a regular basis and this transfer is organized by the Syrian and Iranian regimes. Therefore, it should not be called smuggling of arms to Lebanon – it is organized and official transfer.”

He claimed that “the transfer of long-range missiles that was recently published is only the tip of the iceberg, ” Israeli newspapers reported (more…)

Peres: Israel has proof that Syria transferred scuds to Hezbollah

Israeli President Shimon Peres said Sunday during a meeting with Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lene Espersen that Israel had clear-cut proof that Syria had transferred Scud missiles to Hezbollah

“Israel has clear proof that long-range, accurate Scud missiles have been transferred from Syria to Hezbollah, and there is no doubt about it,” Israeli media quoted Peres as telling his guest. (more…)

Kahwaji: No Scud missiles in Lebanon

There are no Scud missiles in Lebanon, Lebanese army commander Jean Kahwaji said on Saturday, denying allegations voiced last week that Syria had transferred ballistic missiles to Hezbollah. (more…)

Lebanon DM: Intelligence Hasn’t Spotted Any Scuds

Following his meeting with Speaker Nabih Berri, Defense Minister Elias Murr stressed during a chat with reporters Friday that the Lebanese Army’s intelligence has no information about Scud missiles crossing into Lebanon as Israel claims.

“There’s no info about this topic whatsoever,” Murr said

“We had no previous information and the army’s intelligence hasn’t revealed anything about this topic,” he added. (more…)

Hezbollah official: We don’t need scud missiles

Hezbollah political bureau member Ghaleb Abu Zainab said during an interview with NBN television on Friday, that his party does not need Scud missiles to defend Lebanon.

Last week, Israeli President Shimon Peres publicly accused Syria of sending Scuds to Hezbollah. Syria has denied the charge and said Israel might be using the accusation as a pretext for a military strike. (more…)

U.S. Sen.Feinstein: ‘High likelihood’ Scuds sent to Lebanon

Amid recent reports that Syria intended to transfer Scud missiles to the Lebanese militia group Hezbollah, U.S. officials to date have been careful to say they do not know for a fact that the missiles were actually transferred to Lebanon, while Israeli officials have said they believe that they were.

U.S. reticence on the matter may be both because it doesn’t know where the missiles are, and to avoid giving pretext for any possible Israeli military attack on Lebanon. (more…)